Editing New Delhi (section)

=== Seismology ===
New Delhi falls under the [[Earthquake hazard zoning of India|seismic zone-IV]], making it vulnerable to earthquakes.<ref name="hazardprofile">{{Cite web |title=Hazard profiles of Indian districts |url=http://www.undp.org.in/dmweb/hazardprofile.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519100611/http://www.undp.org.in/dmweb/hazardprofile.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2006 |access-date=23 August 2006 |website=National Capacity Building Project in Disaster Management |publisher=[[UNDP]]}}</ref> It lies on several fault lines and thus experiences frequent earthquakes, most of them of mild intensity. There was a spike in the number of earthquakes between 2011 and 2015, most notable being a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in 2015 with its epicentre in [[Nepal]], a 4.7-magnitude earthquake on 25 November 2007, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake on 7 September 2011, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake on 5 March 2012, and a swarm of twelve earthquakes, including four of magnitudes 2.5, 2.8, 3.1, and 3.3, on 12 November 2013.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}