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A Review of the CSIR-NGRI Seismicity Studies during the Last Sixty Years

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Earthquakes during the last sixty years both moderate and large magnitudes have caused considerable damage to the built in environment and loss of life in India. CSIR-NGRI has been systematically studying both the inter and intra plate earthquakes during this period and the contributions are seminal in nature. During the sixty years journey, with a single WWSSN station at CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad campus, presently are operating more than 200 seismological stations across the country. In this manuscript we shall be presenting the various studies undertaken by CSIR-NGRI in characterizing the seismicity and its relation to various tectonic features.

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We would like to thank the Director, CSIR-NGRI for giving permission to publish this work. The authors thank the CSIR-NGRI staff who were associated with Seismological groups and seismological observatory in the last 54 years for painstakingly working in installation of seismological networks, analysing thousands of seismograms, locating earthquakes, estimating the fault plane solutions and preparing the earthquake catalogues.

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Srinagesh, D., Kumar, V.P. A Review of the CSIR-NGRI Seismicity Studies during the Last Sixty Years. J Geol Soc India 97, 1157–1162 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-021-1845-5

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