Nalleppilly village office

Nallepilly resembles yet another Palakkad village with lush greenery and vast expanses of rice fields. But this leafy remote village in Chittur taluk is famous among seismologists in and outside the country as it was the epicentre of a massive earthquake that shook South India on February 8, 1900. “The younger generation here seems unaware of the incident. But Nallepilly reminds us that the whole of south India is not free from seismic activities, especially at a time when huge developmental and industrial activities are being undertaken unmindful of their environmental consequences.