Question

Name some Earthquakes which caused great damage.

Answer 1

Some Earthquakes which caused serious damage to property and life are :

1. Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
2. South Carolina Earthquake of August 1886
3. The Japan Earthquake of Oct. 28, 1891
4. Kanga (Himachal Pradesh) Earthquake of April 1905
5. Tokyo (Japan) Sep. 1923
6. Quetta 1935
7. Bihar 1934
8. California Earthquake of April 1966
9. Turkey Sep. 1975
10. Iran 1968
11. Peru 1970
12. Tangshan (China) Earthquake of July 1976
13. Broach Earthquake of 1970 affected part of Gujrat.
14. Earthquake of 1988, had its epicentre near Darbhanga and affected parts of North Bihar, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
15. The Bhuj earthquake of 2001 devastated many cities of Gujarat.