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A disaster is the impact of a natural or man- made hazard that unconstructively affects society or environment.Earthquakes   are   most   destructing   among   all   the   known   disasters   as   their   prediction   is   not yet  possible.   Depending   on   earthquake   severity,   a   quake  can   pose  hazards   to   people’s   lives,   property   and li feline infrastructure such as highways, water supply and electricity generating facilities.

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Disaster Earthquake Epicentre Richter scale Magnitude Earthquake risk

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Srivastava, P., Rajput, R., Ruhela, M., Sisodia, P., & Kumar, D. (2008). Natural disaster: Earthquake. Environment Conservation Journal, 9(3), 103–108. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2008.090322
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