Read the text given below.Earthquakes
earthquakes -- being among the most deadly natural hazards - strike without any prior
warning, leaving catastrophe in their wake with terrible loss of human lives as well as
economic loss,
Technically, an earthquake (also known as tremor, quake or temblor) is a kind of
vibration through the earth's crust. This vibration occurs as a result of powerful
movement of rocks in the earth's crust. These powerful movements trigger a rapid
release of energy that creates seismic waves that travel through the earth. Earthquakes
are usually brief, but may repeatover a long period of time,(Earth Science. 2001)
Earthquakes are classified as large and small, Large earthquakes usually begin with slight
tremors but rapidly take form of violent shocks. The vibrations from a large earthquake
last for a few days known as aftershocks Small earthquakes are usually slight tremors
and do not cause much damage. Large earthquakes are known to take down buildings
and cause death and injury (Richter,
1935). According to some statistics, there
may be an average of 500.000 earth
quakes every year but only about 100.000
can be felt and about 100 or so can cause
damage each year


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