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प्रश्न
What is an Earthquake and how it occurs?
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उत्तर
- Earthquakes generate seismic waves.
- The nature, force and speed of these seismic waves depend on the nature of medium through which it
- The Point of origin of an earthquake is called focus
- Epicentre is a point on the Earth surface that lies directly above the focus
- The impact of the earthquacke is felt most at the epicentre.
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