National Center for Seismology

The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha in August 2024, amends the Disaster Management Act, 2005, which has been India’s primary piece of legislation in dealing with the prevention, preparedness, mitigation, and management of disasters. As we stand at the threshold of undertaking changes to the architecture that governs our management mechanisms, it is imperative to review any shortcomings. India, with 2.4% of the world’s land area, is home to about 17.78% of the global population. This induces pressure on resources and sees competition over fragile ecosystems, which in turn increases the risk for disasters. The Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre has estimated that over 2.5 million people were displaced in India in 2022 du...

NEW DELHI: An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale struck north-central Assam on Sunday morning, according to an official report. The National Center for Seismology noted that the tremor occurred at 7.47 am in Udalguri district on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River, with its epicenter at a depth of 15 km.The epicenter was located approximately 105 km north of Guwahati and 48 km west of Tezpur, close to the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.Residents in the adjacent districts of Darrang, Tamulpur, Sonitpur, Kamrup, and Biswanath experienced the quake. Additionally, areas on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra, including Kamrup Metropolitan, Morigaon, and Nagaon, felt the tremors.The quake's impact extended to parts of western Arunachal Pradesh and eastern Bhutan. There have b...

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4.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Assam – Times of India