(1) Earthquakes are caused by the movement of tectonic plates. There are different types of plate movements that can cause earthquakes. (2) The largest earthquake in India was the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also known as the Bhuj earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.7 and killed between 13,805 and 20,023 people. (3) The most recent earthquake in India was the 2021 Assam earthquake near Dhekiajuli, Assam on April 28, 2021, which had a magnitude of 6.4 and resulted in two deaths and 12 injuries.

1. E A R T H Q U A K E
Team Fire

2. Topics
1. About earthquake
2. Biggest Earthquake in India
3. Most Recent Earthquake
4. Qna
5. Conclusion

3. Earthquakes are formed by movement of
tectonic plates
Normal
Tensional
Strike-slip
Transpressional
Reverse
(Thrust)
Compressional
There are three types of movement

4. Effects of
earthquakes
Earthquakes causes Shaking ,
ground rupture , Soil liquefaction
, Landslides, Fires, Tsunami,
Floods and loses on human
made impacts like roads
buildings etc.

5. EPICENTRE
The epicenter is the point on the
earth's surface vertically above
the hypocenter (or focus), point in
the crust where a seismic rupture
begins. Epicenter &
Hypocenter. Before the instrumental
period of earthquake observation,
the epicenter was thought to be
the location where the greatest
damage occurred, but the
subsurface fault rupture may be long
and spread surface damage across
the entire rupture zone.

6. The Richter scale
It is a measure of the strength
of earthquakes, developed by Charles
Francis Richter and presented in his
landmark 1935 paper, where he called it
the "magnitude scale". This was later
revised and renamed the local
magnitude scale, denoted as ML or ML .

7. Earthquake
in bhuj
The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also
known as the Bhuj earthquake,
occurred on 26 January, India's
52nd Republic Day, at 08:46 am
IST. The epicentre was about
9 km south-southwest of the
village of Chobari in Bhachau Taluka o
f Kutch District of Gujarat, India.

8. The horror
of the
earthquake
The intraplate earthquake measured
7.7 on the moment magnitude scale
and had a maximum felt intensity of
X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity
scale. The earthquake killed
between 13,805 and 20,023
people (including 18
in southeastern Pakistan),
injured another 167,000 and
destroyed nearly 340,000 buildings.

10. Most recent
earthquake
The 2021 Assam earthquake struck 11
km (7 miles) away from Dhekiajuli,
Assam, India at 07:51 (IST) on April 28,
2021 with a richter scale magnitude of
6.4.The quake struck at a depth of 34
km (21 miles), 140 km (86 miles) north
of the main city of Guwahati. It resulted
in two fatalities and at least 12 injuries.

11. Now get ready for some fill in the blanks questions

12. 2. The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also
known as the _______________ .
Bhuj earthquake
1. earthquake in bhuj measured ____
on the moment magnitude scale .
7.7

13. 4. ____________ was later revised and
renamed the local magnitude scale
magnitude scale
3. ______________is the point on the earth's surface
vertically above the hypocenter (or focus), point in
the crust where a seismic rupture begins.
The epicenter

14. 5. The ___________ earthquake struck 11 km (7 miles) away
from Dhekiajuli, Assam, India at 07:51 (IST) on April 28, 2021
2021 Assam
6. The ________ earthquake killed
between 13,805 and 20,023 people
Bhuj

15. 7. the Bhuj Earthquake reached till
pakisthan True or false?
True

16. 8. Earthquakes are
formed by movement of
tectonic plates
True

17. 9. What is hypocenter
also known as?
Hypocenter is also
known as the focus point

19. Thank You
By – Saraswat Borah , Darsh Jhawar , Vanshika Verma And
Prakriti Agarwala