Earthquake is a scary process in itself, which causes severe loss of lives, property and resources. Due to its terrible nature, it destroys every thing. Earthquake that came on 11th October 1737 in Calcutta (Kolkata) resulted into landslide that swallowed up thousands of lives within moments. On 11th December, 1967, an earthquake came in the city of Koyana, a newly – built dam was broken up and Morvi town was completely destroyed.
The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also known as Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26th January, 2001. It lasted for over two minutes, and killed more than 19727 people, while 166000 were injured. Another earthquake came in South-east Asia in Java, and at that time, large Tsunami waves emerged in the ocean, that killed thousands of people and destroyed the coastal planes and beaches. All these earthquakes show their destructive nature.
