Earthquake hazards such as seismic ground shaking and soil liquefaction are the most dangerous during an earthquake. It is very much important to understand these hazards and its consequences in urban centers particularly in the capital cities of the any state, which may end up in severe socio economic damage. Chennai city, which is head quarters of Tamil Nadu state in India is an urbanized area, it's categorized as fourth densely populated city in India. A study has been carried out to understand the seismic hazards of the city using remote sensing and GIS. The seismic hazards viz., seismic ground shaking in terns of seismic microzonation, liquefaction susceptibility were assessed and integrated in Geographical Information System. For preparation of earthquake microzonation map the data on geology, faults, seismicity and geotechnical data were used. Geotechnical data were collected and the parameters viz, grain size, effective stress, water table, soil layers, depth were studied and the SPT 'N' value used to prepare the liquefaction susceptibility map for the city. These maps were integrated in a GIS platform using raster calculation and a combined seismic hazards map was prepared. The areas were divided in the three categories viz., Low, Moderate and High Seismic Hazards. The present study is first of its kind for the Chennai city, and this can be used as first hand information for decision making and earthquake disaster preparedness.