EARTH SCIENCE
EARTHQUAKES
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Question
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The Pashupatinath temple was destroyed
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Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan were affected
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There were over a million lives taken
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In Sitamarhi, not a single house was left standing
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Detailed explanation-1: -The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed. This 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurred on 15 January 1934 at around 2:13 pm IST (08:43 UTC) and caused widespread damage in northern Bihar and in Nepal.
Detailed explanation-2: -According of Department of Disaster Management Department, Government of Bihar, as many as 61 people died 163 people were injured. A second major earthquake occurred on 12 May 2015 at 12:51 NST with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.3Mw 18 km (11 mi) southeast of Kodari.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bihar is located in the high seismic zone that falls on the boundary of the tectonic plate joining the Himalayan tectonic plate near the Bihar-Nepal Border and has six sub-surface fault lines moving towards the Gangetic planes in four directions.
Detailed explanation-4: -The great earthquake of 8.2 Mw (Sapkota et al. 2016) struck Bihar in 1934, causing extensive damage.