The History of Major Earthquakes Around World

The term earthquake comes from the Greek word "shaking". Earthquakes are visible cracks on the surface of the earth. The release of energy and the stress stored in the Earth's crust may cause seismic waves. Since the early civilizations, there was an earthquake. In the past, the earthquake was compared with "a fuss about psychobiology". Specifically, Aristotle and the ancient Greeks said the earthquake is the result of "underground wind". Early earthquakes were recorded by seismographs, which calculated the waves generated by each earthquake.

The earthquake and tsunami in 2004 have become the most fatal natural disaster in the world since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake. The earthquake was the third strongest earthquake since 1900. The most deadly earthquake in history occurred in Shaanxi province of China in 1556, and the estimated death toll was 830,000 people, but the data of this period may not be reliable. Prior to 2004, the tsunami caused by the occurrence of Krakatoa in India and the Pacific in 1883 was thought to have caused 36,000 to 120,000 deaths. In 1782, about 40,000 people were murdered by the tsunami (or hurricane) in the South China Sea. The most deadly tsunami before 2004 was the Italian earthquake in Messina in 1908, about 123,000 people died in the earthquake and tsunami.

A destructive earthquake, often causing a tsunami, occurs several times in the first century. More than 140,000 people died in Tokyo's 1923 earthquake. The latest major earthquakes were the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 and the Tohoku District Pacific Offshore Earthquake of 2011. It was a magnitude 9.1 earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011. This caused a tsunami and a disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, one of the worst disasters in history. According to the US Geological Survey of Nuclear Power, the 2011 Tohoku Region Pacific Offshore Earthquake was the largest earthquake in history in Japan, the fourth largest earthquake in the world since 1900. It attacked the sea about 371 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, 130 kilometers east of Sendai city, caused a huge tsunami and destroyed the northeastern coast of Japan. At least magnitude aftershocks occur at magnitude 6.0 or higher. At least 15,000 people died

Earthquakes occur almost every day throughout the world. In most cases, the intensity of the earthquake is not enough to make people feel, but the vibration caused by the earthquake is recorded by the earthquake. They are distributed throughout the world. Sometimes a big earthquake happens and it can damage the area. There are many faults throughout the world, depending on the main factor determining the location of the earthquake. The cause of the earthquake is these defects. The type of fault also determines the frequency of the earthquake