Table 6 An analysis of calculated peak ground acceleration (PGA) alongside findings from other research for a 10% likelihood of exceedance in selected cities over a 50-year period.

From: Updated probabilistic seismic hazard assessment using Mwg (Das magnitude scale) to address moment magnitude (M) scale inaccuracies below 7.5: a case study from Northeast India

City

NDMA (Iyengar et al.53)

BIS (IS54)

Nath and Thingbaijam55

Das et al.7 (Bed Rock)

Sreejaya et al.56

Present study

Guwahati

0.23

0.18

0.66

0.32

0.50

0.81

Imphal

0.35

0.18

0.68

0.16

0.50

0.68

Agartala

0.18

0.18

0.50

0.20

0.50

0.61

Shillong

0.25

0.18

0.70

0.33

0.50

0.89

Kohima

0.20

0.18

0.60

0.15

0.50

0.68

Gangtok

0.15

0.18

0.50

0.18

0.50

0.59

Itanagar

0.30

0.18

0.63

0.19

0.50

0.70

Tezpur

0.20

0.18

0.60

0.20

0.50

0.76

Aizwal

0.18

0.18

0.50

0.20

0.50

0.57

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