First Earth Quake in World:
In 1906 a great Earth Quake occurred in San Francisco, west coast America and named the Earth Quake as San Francisco Earth Quake. This earthquake made a great loss. As the above picture gives a clear idea that a building collapsed and many horses lost their life's in that earth quake.
Who found Earth Quake:
The Chinese Astronomer and mathematician named "Chang Hang" was the first seismograph who found the Earth Quake and named earth quakes as "Earthquake Weathercock"
First Earth Quake in India:
The First Earth Quake in India known by today's world occurred in Bombay on May 26, 1618 where 2000 Deaths Occurred and got a severe damage.
Largest Earth Quake recorded:
" The Great Chilean Earthquake" was the Largest Earth Quake recorded. This occurred on May 22, 1960 in Southern Chile. The magnitude of this earth quake was 9.5.
The Deadliest earthquake
Humans have been recording earthquakes for nearly 4000 years. from the one we know about the deadliest by far happened in china in1556 A.D. on January 23 of that year, a powerful quake rocked the province of Shaanxi as well as the neighboring province of Shanxi, killing an estimated 830000 people.
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