The Earthquake Grade X

Earthquake
* Introduction
- shaking and vibrating movement of earth's surface.
- vertically or horizontally movement
* Vertical Earthquake
- shaking or vibrating up and down
* Horizontal Earthquake
- shaking and vibrating across or parallel to the ground
* Hypocentre
- The inner point in the earth surface from where the earthquake originates.
* Epicentre
- The point on the surface of earth just above the hypocentre.
* Seismic wave
The waves of shaking or vibration that travel in different direction from the epicentre.
* Seismographic
- Any instrument used to measure intensity or magnitude, speed and direction of earthquake.
* Richter Scale
- A Scale ranges from 0 to 9 to measure the intensity of earthquake.
- named after American seismologist Charles F. Richter.
- Earthquake with 7 + Richter scale is destructive.
* Volcano
- The explosion of lava, magma or molten rock from the centre of the earth.
- From crack or weak part of the earth
* The recent most destructive earthquake occur on 1st Asoj 2068 with 6.8 Richter scale
* The sign of volcano is in Dullu of Dailekh in Nepal.
* Cause of Earthquake
- shifting of melted magma or lava
- movement of continental plates in different direction.
- volcanic eruption.
- bombing for different purpose.
- large deposit of eroded materials by river or glacier.
* Area/zones of Earthquake
- area around pacific ocean
- rocky mountain range
- mountain range of America
- The Andes Mountain Range.
- East Asia, Asian Himalayas, the hindukush
- the Suleiman mountain range of Iron
- turkey and mountain range of Europe
- Alphas mountain in Range.
* Preventive measure of Earthquake
- using life materials for constructing buildings
- Constructing houses using the principles of earthquake safely set up.
- Turning off electric and gas appliances during earthquake.
- best to assemble in an open place.
- be in touch with radio and tv to know about preventive measures of earthquake.
* Effects of Earthquake
- disappearance of high altitude and formation of newland
- loss of life and property
- destruction of infrastructure of development.
- break out of epidemics and other problems.
- causes natural calamaties like landslide, soil erosion, Tsunami etc
- cracking of earth surface and cause volcano.

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