Another hypothesis put forward by a team of American geologists is that 140 km north of Mohenjo-daro was the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that changed the Indus Valley.

Powerful tremors caused the ground surface to rise, which blocked the river and its waters changed course. As a result, a powerful wave of mud began to flow into the city, and the city’s population was buried under it. The population tried to defend themselves by building dams (their remains were discovered by archaeologists during the excavations), but they had lost. According to scientists, the influx of mud lasted for 100 years.