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प्रश्न
Mention some of the main effects of earthquakes.
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उत्तर
The destructive effects of earthquakes are very dangerous e.g. disruption of the rocks bed landslides changing the river courses floods tides collapsing of buildings destruction of transport lines and fires in electric wiring etc.
The constructive effects are the creation of additional coastal plains inlets bays for good harbours creation of fissure- openings to form sulphur or hot springs, etc.
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