Living in an earthquake -prone zone is Upton an unavoidable. For instance almost entire Japan lies in an earthquake- prone zone. For these reason, buildings here primarily made 'earthquakes resistant 'so that the loss can be minimized. Buildings are built on foundation made of steel balls are from elastic materials such as b…

A weak Earthquakes - up to an intensity of 4.0 on the Richter scale-hardly causes any damage. Earthquakes with stronger intensities can cause cracks in buildings. They move the foundation of buildings, cause houses to collapse, and lead to land slides. Supply lines get disrupted and gas leakage cause houses fires 🔥. In large Earthq…

The intensity of an earthquake is measured by recording the tremors of the Earth's surface with a 'seismograph'.These tremors appear when the earthquake waves reach the surface of the Earth. Such seismograph consists of a large, inert weight, stays at rest even the during earthquakes. A pen is attached to this pendulum.…

Earthquakes occur mainly at the borders of the plates, where two plates slide past each other. Most earthquakes occur in the Himalayan region. The actual seismic center,the 'hypocentre',lies deep below the surface of the Earth 🌎the point on the surface of the Earth lying immediately above this called the 'epicentre '…

The moving tectonic plates, in which the uppermost layer of the Earth is divided, not only collide at the many places but also often slide fast each other. This causes friction and leads to problems once in a while. Stress builds up, which then gets discharged very quickly. There is a jerk-the Earth 🌎trembles. This gives rise to sh…

The relatively solid earth's crust-and  a part of the layer that lies below it divided into seven large and more than ten smaller plates float over the hot 🔥, viscous layer, which is continuously in motion-like boiling soup 🍲These flushes of heat in the earth's interior are known as 'convection cells '.At places wh…