In recent days, the intensity and the quantity of happening the earthquake arise a lot. In different countries the earthquake are happening after few days like Japan, China etc. Also there are some country which are in the danger zone of earthquake. In 2023, earthquake has strucked in Turkey, Syria, Morocco etc. A lot of people has died in that natural disaster and the matter was really deplorable.
Earthquakes are one of the most disaster of the world. Over the ages many countries have been subjected to the terrible claws to the disaster. Big buildings have been destroyed. The support of thousands of people has been mixed in the dust. The entire city has become non-existent. Countless people died under brick-stone-sand. But earthquakes have caused the worst destruction in the last century.
Earthquakes occur as a result of vibrations caused by seismic waves in the Earth's lithosphere. In 1923, the worst earthquake occurred in Kanto, Japan. An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale killed 1,43,000 people.
Then in 1960 in Valdibiya, Chile, the magnitude of the earthquake was 9.6 on the Richter scale. This is the strongest earthquake in the world so far. A major earthquake in the 20th century was called the Indian Ocean Earthquake. The Indian Ocean earthquake is the most destructive. About 2,27,898 people were killed that year. In 2004, this 9.1 magnitude earthquake hit the west coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia. In 2010, a 7.0 megawatt earthquake struck Haiti. The epicenter of the earthquake was near the town of Leogane in the Ouest department, approximately 25 kilometers from the Haitian capital. According to media reports, the death toll from the earthquake stood at at least 220,000. On May 12, 2008, a 7.9 megawatt earthquake struck Sichuan, China. The epicenter was 80 kilometers (50 miles) west-northwest of the provincial capital Chengdu. At least 87,587 people died. The earthquake was also felt as far away as Bangkok, Hanoi, Thailand and Vietnam. The magnitude of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake was 7.6. More than 86 thousand people died in this incident. In addition to injuring countless people, millions were displaced. In 2003, an earthquake struck Kerman province in southeastern Iran. The magnitude was 6.6. At least 34,000 people died and 200,000 were injured. In 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan. 6 February 2023 in Turkey. 50 thousand 783 people died. One hundred and twelve thousand people were injured.
One of the biggest earthquakes recorded in the history of Bangladesh occurred in April 1762. According to the information of the 'Eastern Bengal District Gazetteer Chittagong' of 1908, in the earthquake of 1762, the soil ruptured in many places of Chittagong district and a large amount of mud and water came out. There is also a description of a big river drying up at a place called 'PardavaagainThe strong earthquake that hit Turkey-Syria on February 6 has spread panic in the minds of the whole world. The death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks (seizures after the main earthquake) has so far exceeded 40,000. Millions of people have been affected. Seeing this terrible picture of the earthquake, many earthquake-prone countries have again become worried about their safety.
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