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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 reasons why an earthquake occurs.
Fill in the blank:
___________ are the first earthquake waves to be recorded on a seismograph of an earthquake.
Fill in the blank:
The last of the earthquake waves to arrive on the surface of the earth are ___________ waves.
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About 70 percent of the earthquakes occur in the _________________ Belt.
What is called an earthquake?
State two natural causes of an earthquake.
What are known as seismic focus and epicenter with respect to an earthquake?
What is known as the Richter scale?
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?
What was the cause of the Koyna earthquake in India?
Give two major causes of earthquakes.
Answer the following:
A volcanic eruption is one of the main causes of earthquakes.
Give reasons for the following:
Internal processes are different from external processes.
The magnitude of an earthquake is measured by ______.
Choose the odd one
Define Earthquake.
How the earthquake can be recorded?
What is the point of the earth’s surface directly above the focus called?
