Do you know this about earthquakes?


- The largest earthquake on earth Born in Chile in 190. Its intensity was 7.5.

- Millions of earthquakes occur in different parts of the world every year. About one lakh earthquakes are felt and about 100 earthquakes cause damage.

- Is. Since the year 1900, there have been 12 major earthquakes on earth every year.

- An earthquake in December 1911 reversed the course of the Mississippi River.

- When a seismograph was invented in China in 18 AD, when an earthquake occurred, a copper ball from a copper pot passed through the mouth of a dragon and fell into the mouth of a frog.

- The largest earthquake on earth occurs in Japan. About 1500 every year.

- The highest number of casualties from the earthquake. The 18th took place in China in which more than 3 lakh people were killed.

- The aftershocks of the 19th magnitude earthquake on the island of Hawaii are still being felt.

- Earthquakes do not have a specific season, they happen anytime.

- Earthquakes have two epicenters. The hypocenter at the surface of the earth where the vibration starts and the epicenter at the surface of the earth just above that center

- The Himalayas were caused by an earthquake.

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