Scientists and seismologists were unprepared for the Latur earthquake in 1993 as Latur had never figured in the country's seismic map. But 10,000 people were killed. Following Latur, Jabalpur in 1997, Chamoli in 1999 and Kutch in 2001 killed about 20,000 people and destroyed property worth almost Rs 14,000 crore. The Bhuj earthquake was again unexpected for the establishment as Bhuj was in a