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Late on August 31, 1886, while many people were asleep, a large quake rocked Charleston, South Carolina, and the surrounding region, toppling buildings, buckling railroad tracks, and causing sand to "boil" or bubble from liquefaction. By the time the shaking stopped, approximately 2,000 structures were damaged and at least 60 people had lost their lives.
Seismologists and disaster management experts have warned Kashmir is at risk of a looming human tragedy if it doesn't urgently earthquake-proof its infrastructure.
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By Gyaneshwar Dayal Earthquakes cannot be predicted because geologists are still limited to studying the Earth's surface and haven't been able to study the planet's crust, a hundred km below where the earthquakes originate.
Three regions–one between central Himachal and north Bihar, the other between the Shillong plateau and the Mishmi Hills in Arunachal and another in Kashmir–are likely epicentres of future disasters