Recently, some earth scientists have come up

with a theory of emergence of a fault line and energy build-up along the fault line represented by the river Bhima (Krishna) near Latur and Osmanabad (Maharashtra) and the possible breaking down of the Indian plate (Figure . ). Geological Survey of India, Department of Meteorology, Government of India, along with the recently formed National Institute of Disaster Management , have made an intensive analysis of more than , earthquakes that have occurred in India in different years in the past, and based on these, they divided India into the experienced some of the most devastating earthquakes in India. As shown in the Figure .

, areas vulnerable to these earthquakes are the North-east states, areas to the north of Darbhanga and Araria along the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar,