A recent scientific study has now pushed Jammu and Kashmir into a newly defined Seismic Zone VI, the highest risk category, signalling a future of stronger shaking and greater destruction if preparedness remains inadequate.

The study, published in Communications Earth and Environment by Lin Liu, Danian Shi and Simon L. Klemperer, reveals that the Indian tectonic plate below the Tibetan Plateau is literally tearing apart at depth. This deep tectonic damage is believed to be increasing stress across the Himalayan belt, with implications for seismic activity from Ladakh to the Kashmir Valley. For a region already known to be overdue........

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