South Sikkim Earthquake Report

FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT EARTHQUAKES !!!
(Source: Internet)
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One interesting fact about earthquakes is that animals can sense or detect
earthquakes before they occur.
Moonquakes, seismographic activity on the moon, do occur, but less frequent than
on earth. They have smaller magnitudes than earthquakes on the Earth too.
Sometimes there are many small earthquakes before the big one. These small ones
are called foreshocks.
The shaking of the ground is not what kills most victims of earthquakes. The main
killers in earthquakes are falling buildings, fires, landslides, avalanches and tsunamis.
q The deadliest known quake in history shook China in 1556, taking about 830,000
lives.
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Steel, reinforced concrete and wood are good building materials for an earthquake
resistant house because they flex somewhat without breaking.
An earthquake happens somewhere in the world once every thirty seconds.
You may not notice a magnitude 2 quake.
You would feel the ground shake in a magnitude 3 quake.
The shape of a pagoda is known for resisting damage from earthquakes.
Nearly 80% of Earth’s largest earthquakes occur near the “Ring of Fire,” which is
a horseshoe-shaped region in the Pacific Ocean where many tectonic plates
meet. The second-most earthquake-prone area is a region called the Alpide Belt,
which includes countries such as Turkey, India, and Pakistan.
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake lasted nearly 10 minutes—the longest on
record.
Japan’s 9.0 earthquake in 2011 not only moved the island closer to the United
States, it also shifted the planet’s axis by 6.5 inches.
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September 18 2011