As per data, which are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake?

As per data, which are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake?
[A]Guwahati and Nagpur
[B]Nagpur and Srinagar
[C]Guwahati and Srinagar
[D]Jamnagar and Guwahati

Guwahati and Srinagar
As per government data Guwahati and Srinagar are the two Indian cities at highest risk of being devastated by an earthquake. Guwahati and Srinagar fall in what is called “very severe intensity zone”, or zone V, the highest-risk earthquake zone. Eight cities, including Delhi, fall in the “severe intensity zone” or zone IV, according to a seismic zoning map issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards and quoted in this National Disaster Management (NDM) report. The other 30 cities fall in the “moderate intensity zone”, or zone III. Reference


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