Earthquakes in the Himalayan Region: What We Know and What Needs to be Done

Earthquake is the worst natural phenomena. In recent past the earthquake all over the world had taken lots of damages not only human life but also property damage. In 1976 earthquake in China takes away huge amount of life exceeding lakhs. The 1995 Japan earthquake causes huge amount of financial loss. In India Bhuj earthquake in 2001 not only take away human life but also causes huge financial loss. The Kangra earthquake of 1905 has the magnitude of 8.5. So all the earthquake have active effect on the human life as well as nations financial loss to that effect. The Himalayan region earthquakes have very crucial one because of the natural conditions.