Earthquake Subject: Geography Context:  The powerful earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday killed hundreds and injured thousands more. The destruction comes just 11 years after a temblor killed tens of thousands of people, if not hundreds of thousands. Some 100,000 buildings were destroyed in the 2010 quake. Concept: The Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone  The […]

    EARTHQUAKE Subject: Geography Context : A major earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale jolted Northeast India on Wednesday morning. The earthquake originated in Tezpur of Assam and tremors were felt across Assam, North Bengal and other parts of the Northeast. Concept : According to the National Centre of Seismology, the earthquake measuring […]

    Earthquake Subject: Geography Context: A magnitude 6.2 quake hit the Indonesia and killed at least 35. Concept: An earthquake is shaking or trembling of the earth’s surface, caused by the seismic waves or earthquake waves that are generated due to a sudden movement (sudden release of energy) in the earth’s crust (shallow-focus earthquakes) or upper mantle (some shallow-focus and all […]