10 Fascinating Facts About Earthquakes
Posted by lavanya bharathy on June 18, 2015
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 In Japan mythology, a giant catfish called Namazu is responsible for earthquakes.

The Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 generated enough energy to power all the homes and businesses in the United States for three days.

An average earthquake lasts around a minute.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, a Chinese astronomer named Zhang Heng (A.D. 78-139) invented the world’s first earthquake detector. It could detect earthquakes more than 370 miles (600 km) away.

An earthquake in A.D. 1201 in the eastern Mediterranean is labeled the worst earthquake in history and claimed an estimated one million lives.

The 853-foot (260-meter) high Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco has been designed to withstand strong earthquakes.

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake lasted nearly 10 minutes—the longest on record.

Englishman John Milne invented the seismograph in 1880.

American scientist Charles Richter invented the Richter scale in 1935.

An earthquake can release hundreds times more energy than the nuclear bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan in 1945.



 

 

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