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Science

Earthquakes, tsunamis and disasters

India sits where one of the planet’s great tectonic collisions is still under way. Every strong earthquake on a live map, how magnitude works, and how India prepares for earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones and floods.

Updated 4 November 2026
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Key facts
Why India shakes
The Indian plate pushes north into Asia by about 4–5 cm a year
Bhuj, Gujarat
Magnitude 7.7, 26 January 2001
Indian Ocean tsunami
Magnitude 9.1, 26 December 2004
Gorkha, Nepal
Magnitude 7.8, 25 April 2015
Tsunami warnings
INCOIS, Hyderabad, since 2007
The law
Disaster Management Act, 2005 — the NDMA and the NDRF

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