Chennai is part of high hazard quake area...

Chennai is seismically prone and is a `high hazard' earthquake area, according to a recent study by Anna University…. Man this news is rockin the whole city… Chennai has been found to have loose soil till 15 metres of depth. Though the city is prone to quakes of the intensity of 5.8 on the Richter scale, the loose soil leads to seismic amplification in the range of 6.3 to 7.2 on the Richter scale…

At nine meters depth, the high seismic hazard areas became linear and narrowed down to small areas in south Chennai, and the largest chunk was in the flood plain area. Hazard prone areas lay in Teynampet, Alwarpet, Mylapore, Gopalapuram, Royapettah and Thousand Lights.

At twelve-metre depth, high hazard areas were distributed in the central and western parts of the Cooum and Adyar flood plains.

At fifteen metres, high hazard areas were in parts of West Mambalam(Oh my god this my area!!!), Nandanam, Mylapore, Saligramam and Alwarpet.

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Courtesy : THE HINDU, MAALAI MALAR NEWSPAPER

But one thing... I'll be gettin at least 1week hols for sure....[:D]