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What are the areas most prone to earthquakes called?
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Seismic Zone
Seismic Zone is correct.
Regions where earthquakes occur most often or with the greatest intensity are called seismic zones. They usually lie along active tectonic plate boundaries and major fault lines.
The Bureau of Indian Standards divides India into four seismic zones, Zone II to Zone V; Zone V, which includes the North-East and parts of the Himalaya, is the most earthquake-prone.
The Richter scale only measures the magnitude of an earthquake and does not name any zone, while environmental and plane zones are not terms used to classify earthquake risk.
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