E@rth*qu@ke is a sudden v!0*lent sh@king of the ground, typically causing great de$tru*ction, as a result of movements within the earth’s crus$ or volcanic action. E@rth*qu@ke may be horizontal or vert!c@l or surf@c!al or depth. E@rth*qu@ke may last only a few seconds or may continue for up to several minutes. They can occur at any time of the day or night and at any time of the year.
The upper layer of the earth is made up to small pieces which are known as plates. Nepal is situated somewhere between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate. The two plates are jam packed with each other. Indian plate being bigger than Eurasian plate, it cannot push the Eurasian plate. Instead the Indian plate sque*ezes below the Eurasian plate by the rate of 2 cm every year. This results the plate to store energy within the f@ult$ between them. Among which 92 of the active faults lie in Nepal. 2 of them in Kathmandu. Because of this Nepal is very prone to be struck by e@rth*qu@ke. There are controversies weather e@rth*qu@ke can be predicted or not. Some say it can be predicted where as others say it can’t. In Nepal there is still not any medium or gadgets to locate the time, magnitude or location of e@rth*qu@ke. The movement of the plates cause e@rth*qu@ke. The heat of the inner core of the earth also affects e@rth*qu@ke.
The 7.6 magnitude e@rth*qu@ke that $tr*uck Nepal occurred somewhere between Kathmandu and Pokhara. It has been estimated that the rocks in the earth’s cru$t have cr@cked up to 100 km. The e@rth*qu@ke has increased the chances of hu*ge land$l!des in Nepal.
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