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Seismotectonic Atlas (SEISAT) of India and its Environs is a compilation of multi-thematic data base comprising 43 maps (presented in 42 sheets; SEISAT 35 & 42 presented in a single sheet) of 30 x 40 size covering India and adjacent regions of neighbouring countries on 1 : 1 million scale. To present these maps in uniform shape and size and as effects of earthquakes are felt in adjacent regions as well, international boundaries are not depicted in the maps. ...
The Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone has been a known potential tectonic candidate for earthquakes. Tsunamis are rate but not totally absent. Yet there was insufficient knowledge on its capability for developing such an incomprehensible tsunami. The impression that tsunami is largely a Pacific Ocean phenomenon has been drastically confuted by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004. This was one of the largest interpolate shallow-thrust ...