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EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI HAZARD ASSESSMENT
The earthquake and tsunami hazard assessment planning process require maps of
different resolutions as given below in the table. For more details , please refer to
Annex- IV.
EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI
INFORMATION TYPE DESCRIPTION PREFERRED MAP SCALE
PRELIMINARY PLANNING
Maps
Studies
PHASE 1 ACTIVITIES
Maps
Event epicenters 1:1 000 000-1:50,000
Plate tectonics/faults 1:1 000 000-1:50,000
Regional geology 1:1 000 000-1:50,000
Seismic risk/ Microzonation 1:100,000 – 1:50,000
Seismicity 1:100,000 – 1:50,000
Earthquake catalogues 1:100,000 – 1:50,000
Event histories 1:100,000 – 1:50,000
Tsunamic event history 1:100,000 – 1:50,000
Event epicenters 1:25,000 -1:10,000
Faults 1:25,000 -1:10,000
Historical events (including tsunamiaffected
area)
1:25,000 -1:10,000
Isoseismic 1:25,000 -1:10,000
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