Earthquakes - Nature's Most Deadliest Force | Flashback Friday

Earthquakes are considered to be nature's most deadliest force that has devastated hundreds and thousands of lives and properties since the earth was formed. In this century alone, earthquakes have taken over a million lives. 20th century's most devastating earthquake's epicenter was at Tangshan, Hebei, China, in July 1976, and had a magnitude of 7.8. It killed more than 242,000 people. Northern Pakistan and Japan were also victims of major earthquakes that scaled to more than 6.9 on Richter magnitude scale. According to seismologists, the sand and dryer faults around San Andreas in southern California is a time bomb for a major earthquake to struck at any time.

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