81 cities added to India’s earthquake-prone list

Eight new cities and towns have been added to a government list of urban areas vulnerable to earthquakes of “very severe intensity”.

• In all, 81 new towns and cities were added to a list of areas prone to earthquakes, bringing the total to 107, according to government data released on March 16, 2016.

Latest additions to “very severe intensity zone”:

·        The recent additions are Jorhat, Sadiya and Tezpur in Assam, Bhuj in Gujarat, Darbhanga in Bihar, Imphal in Manipur, Kohima in Nagaland and Mandi in Himachal.