Small earthquakes continue to be felt throughout Maharashtra, and the GOM must continually answer to the public about plans for the next disastrous earthquake. The persistent seismicity keeps the threat of another earthquake in the public's mind and provides the impetus to improve understanding of the earthquake hazard. Seismicity in SCRs is generally much lower than at plate boundaries, such as along the subduction zone of the Himalayas. But the advantage of fewer earthquakes occurring is partly offset by a poor understanding of where these earthquakes are more likely to happen. Residents of Maharashtra and of peninsular India are generally more familiar with the hazard of flooding and drought than with earthquakes.
Small tremors continue to be felt at various locations across the state.
After the September 1993 mainshock, the government and scientific communities realized their understanding of earthquake hazard in this area was inadequate. Some scientists are considering the possibility that a newly built reservoir in the epicentral area, the Lower Terna Reservoir, could have triggered at least some of the smaller earthquakes before the mainshock. As a result, the GOM has been increasingly pressured to demonstrate a better understanding of earthquakes and, more importantly man's role, of such geologic hazards. Regardless of past experience we still have not completely learned our lesson. Human construction of the region has continued.