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Hazard zones of India

Disaster management answers score with a quick vulnerability sketch. These layers show where each hazard concentrates, at state level, and where the major disasters of recent decades struck.

Hazard zones of India: India mapAndaman & NicobarAndhra PradeshArunachal PradeshAssamBiharChandigarhChhattisgarhDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDelhiGoaGujaratHaryanaHimachal PradeshJammu & KashmirJharkhandKarnatakaKeralaLadakhLakshadweepMadhya PradeshMaharashtraManipurMeghalayaMizoramNagalandOdishaPuducherryPunjabRajasthanSikkimTamil NaduTelanganaTripuraUttar PradeshUttarakhandWest BengalBhopal gas leak (1984)Latur earthquake (1993)Odisha super cyclone (1999)Bhuj earthquake (2001)Indian Ocean tsunami (2004)Mumbai floods (2005)Kedarnath (2013)Chennai floods (2015)Kerala floods (2018)Joshimath subsidence (2023)Wayanad landslides (2024)Bhopal gas leak (1984)Latur earthquake (1993)Odisha super cyclone (1999)Bhuj earthquake (2001)Indian Ocean tsunami (2004)Mumbai floods (2005)Kedarnath (2013)Chennai floods (2015)Kerala floods (2018)Joshimath subsidence (2023)Wayanad landslides (2024)

India’s external and state boundaries: Survey of India–based data via DataMeet (CC BY-SA 2.5 / ODbL), generalised for teaching. World land: Natural Earth (public domain). Physical features: Natural Earth (public domain). Places are approximate and routes schematic, for teaching.

Tap a state or a place on the map.

Quiz

Tap Start, then find each place or feature on the map.

Practise in the sketch lab

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Themes that use this map

T27 Landslides in the Himalayas & Western GhatsT28 Earthquakes, tsunamis & volcanoes: science to preparednessT30 Monsoon, El Niño & droughtT31 Tropical cyclones, twisters & cyclone warningsT32 Cloudbursts & extreme rainfallT34 Coastal zone: resources, erosion & hazard preparednessT43 Fragile Himalayan ecosystems: tourism & infrastructureT44 Water security: scarcity, conservation & managementT46 Irrigation & water-use efficiencyT58 Urban floodsT160 Disaster management frameworks: DM Act, Sendai, resilience, community, dam safety