How Safe Is Mumbai From Earthquakes?

Due to limited land space and being surrounded by water, Mumbai has had to grow upwards.

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The first time I felt the earth shake beneath my feet in Mumbai was in 1993. It was the wee hours of the morning and I was in a dead sleep after a long day of Ganpati immersion celebration when my bed began to sway. Confused and groggy, I thought I was being visited by the paranormal, but my mother's scream quickly jolted me back to reality: "It's an earthquake! Everyone out now!" My legs felt like jelly as I tried to make my way outside, convinced the building would crumble before I made it to