Article: Hanoi's earthquake map made public.

Hanoi, August 8 (VNA) -- The Hanoi Department of Construction on August 7 introduced on its website http://www.soxaydung.hanoi.gov.vn a map of marking off earthquake-prone areas of Hanoi . The 1/25,000-scale map is to serve for designing anti-seismic capacity for projects in the capital city.

On the country's seismographic map, Hanoi is located on the eighth-level earthquake-prone regions.

According to the Geophysics Institute of the Vietnam Science Academy , Hanoi is possibly subject to earthquakes measured at 6.1-6.5 degree on the Richter ...

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