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प्रश्न
Name some Earthquakes which caused great damage.
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उत्तर
Some Earthquakes which caused serious damage to property and life are :
- Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
- South Carolina Earthquake of August 1886
- The Japan Earthquake of Oct. 28, 1891
- Kanga (Himachal Pradesh) Earthquake of April 1905
- Tokyo (Japan) Sep. 1923
- Quetta 1935
- Bihar 1934
- California Earthquake of April 1966
- Turkey Sep. 1975
- Iran 1968
- Peru 1970
- Tangshan (China) Earthquake of July 1976
- Broach Earthquake of 1970 affected part of Gujrat.
- Earthquake of 1988, had its epicentre near Darbhanga and affected parts of North Bihar, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
- The Bhuj earthquake of 2001 devastated many cities of Gujarat.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Give a geographical reason.
Buildings collapsed at the foothills of the Himalayas because of an earthquake. Before collapsing, they were moving forward and backward.
Fill in the blank:
Most earthquakes occur on account of the strain in the _________.
Fill in the blank:
The giant sea waves caused by earthquakes in the oceans are called ___________.
Match the Columns.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Tsunami | (a) The waves that make the inhabitants feel the ground motion. |
| 2. Seismograph | (b) The instrument for measuring the intensity of earthquakes. |
| 3. S-waves | (c) Harbour waves generated by oceanic earthquakes. |
| 4. Richter scale | (d) The point on the earth surface directly above the seismic focus. |
| 5. Epicentre | (e) An instrument for recording the movement of earthquake waves. |
How are earthquakes distributed over the globe?
How is the intensity of an earthquake measured?
How an earthquake is caused?
Earthquakes occur in the Mid-Atlantic belt.
What was the cause of the Koyna earthquake in India?
Name three causes of Earthquakes.
Give reasons for the following:
Internal processes are different from external processes.
The earthquake waves are recorded by an instrument known as ______.
Seismology is the study of ______.
Choose the odd one
The earthquake is measured by the ______ scale.
How the earthquake can be recorded?
An earthquake of magnitude ______ scale can cause damage from things falling.
What is the point of the earth’s surface directly above the focus called?
