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The landslide-prone Himalayan terrain falls in the maximum earthquake-prone zones and also prone to earthquake-triggered landslides.
A total of 800 people, belonging to 237 families, have so far been shifted to safety by the district administration, according to the daily bulletin of the Disaster Management Authority.
The predictions ranged between 7.5 and 10 centimetres (cm) displacement for buildings in Joshimath which is enough to cause large scale cracks in buildings, IIT Ropar said in a statement.
On the basis of ISRO's preliminary report, the Uttarakhand govt is conducting rescue operations in danger-prone areas and shifting the people there to safer places on priority.
Hotels Malari Inn and Mount View were leaning towards each other dangerously, posing a threat to human settlements around them and the Uttarakhand government had on Monday directed the razing of unstable structures, starting with these two buildings.
The Joshimath district administration has put red cross marks on houses in the sinking town that are unsafe for living.
Officials said 13 more families living in houses with huge cracks were moved by the administration to safe locations on Sunday. The number of families evacuated to temporary relief centres now stands at 68.
A temple in the town collapsed on Friday and several houses, establishments and roads have developed cracks.
An initial investigation showed an embankment of about 450,000 cubic metres of earth had collapsed. The earth fell from an estimated height of 100 ft and covered an area of about an acre.
The landslide in Selangor state, on the outskirts of capital, Kuala Lumpur, occurred before 3 a.m.