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Question
Write about the effects of an earthquake?
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Solution
- Earthquakes may cause changes in the earth’s surface. Vibrations often set landslides in mountainous regions.
- A greater danger in an earthquake is the falling of buildings.
- Fire is another great danger. Underground water system is naturally disturbed by such movements.
- An earthquake which originates below or near the sea causes great disturbance in the water.
- Tsunami, a Japanese term, is the name given to the huge wave caused in the sea by an earthquake.
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