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76E

84E

88E

92E

96E

INDIA

38N

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96E

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88E

BMTPC : Vulnerability Atlas 2nd Edition; Peer Group, MoH&UPA; Map is Based on digitised data of SOI, GOI; Seismic Zones of India Map IS:1893 2002, BIS, GOI,
Seismotectonic Atlas of India and its Environs, GSI, GOI

92E

6N