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Kashmir’s Seismic Risks Are No Longer Theoretical

Kashmir’s Seismic Risks Are No Longer Theoretical

A renewed debate over India’s revised seismic zoning rules has brought an uncomfortable Himalayan reality back into focus.  Kashmir as part of...

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Kashmir Observer

Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah

The Science Is Clear. Kashmir Must Build for Shaking.

The Kashmir Valley is a distinct topographic depression in the northwestern Himalayas, formed by ongoing deformation associated with the India-Eurasia...

06.12.2025 10

Kashmir Observer

Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah

Kashmir and Beyond: The Beautiful Landscapes That Conceal Deadly Faults

On August 31, at exactly 19:17:34 UTC, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck east-northeast of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. At a shallow depth of just eight...

03.09.2025 20

Kashmir Observer

Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah

Kishtwar Tragedy Was Years in the Making

When the cloudburst hit Kishtwar, in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, it took just minutes for the rain to shred lives apart.  Homes vanished,...

16.08.2025 20

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Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah

The Tectonic Link

On March 28, 2025, life changed dramatically for the people of Mandalay; at 12:50 PM local time, the ground beneath Myanmar’s second-largest city...

31.03.2025 10

Kashmir Observer

Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah