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प्रश्न
Earthquakes occur in the Mid-Atlantic belt.
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उत्तर
Earthquakes occur in the Mid-Atlantic belt because here the sea floor spreading is the main cause of earthquakes.
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:
___________ are the first earthquake waves to be recorded on a seismograph of an earthquake.
Fill in the blank:
About 70 percent of the earthquakes occur in the _________________ Belt.
What is called an earthquake?
State two natural causes of an earthquake.
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. |
What is an Earthquake?
How an earthquake is caused?
Name the instrument used to record Earthquakes.
What was the cause of the Koyna earthquake in India?
Name the causes of earthquakes.
Why are earthquakes related to volcanoes?
Give reasons for the following:
Internal processes are different from external processes.
The earthquake waves are recorded by an instrument known as ______.
The earthquake is measured by the ______ scale.
Give a note on Tsunami 2004.
An earthquake of magnitude ______ scale can cause damage from things falling.
