Top 10 Most Devastating Earthquakes

Although this world has many religions but still the basic teaching of every religion is same, do not hurt you fellow human beings, do not lie, care for others, do not fight or kill, think for the benefits of others, do not rob, do not cheat and so on and on and on. People belonging to different communities preach different Gods and have different beliefs but they all have common rules regarding human rights. If you continue to implement the teachings related to human rights, our creator remains happy, our land prospers and grows, we are blessed with rain whenever we need it but problems beings when we start tempering with laws of human rights, God at the same time begins to temper with the nature law. As long as we keep the creator happy, he endows us, if we upset him then the trouble begins.

If we take a look at the history of this world, we have many nations and civilizations who were very powerful, strong and capable yet they came to an end, those nations are today nothing but a ruin whose original names are unknown. These ruinations and destructions are a symbol of the greatness and rateness; they are an example for those who deny the primness of God. Sometimes the annihilation is so massive that it wipes out the traces of the entire nations sometimes they are minor, as God wishes only to threaten the sinners.

Once God order his angel to bring earthquake in a nation, all the peoples of that nation were sinner except one; that one man was very poise. When the angel told God that a very devoted follower also lives in this nation and that if I bring a earthquake he will also die, God said to the angel that I m cursing the nation with earthquake because of that man only, he kept my teaching till himself only and never preached his neighbor nor he ever tried to stop the wrong doings of others. God has many ways to menace his men, volcanoes, tsunami, and shortage of rain or sometimes the Capital punishment. Earthquake, the most devastating of all, with in a glimpse of eye everything vanishes. The top ten most devastating earthquakes in the history are:

10. ASHBAGAT, TURKMENISTAN:

The 1948 earthquake was the most horrible thing that ever happened in Turkmenistan, the earthquake occurred on 6 October whose magnitude was 7.3 which in the small village but the main effects were on Ashgabat. The authorities however tried their best not to allow USSR media coverage for the quake and claimed that it was a soviet atomic bomb test. The this cataclysm left the country in terrible situation, the edifice and framework of the country was completely shaken, the death toll was raised to 110,000 to 160,000;  causing a lot of damage, all the railway trains and electric supply was cut off, the country saw electricity 6 days after the earthquake.

9. KANTO, JAPAN:

Japan is said to be the country which is most prone to earthquakes due to its geographical location, this country always takes serious step to prevent and reduce the damages due to earthquake, but on 1923 when the great kanto earthquake occurred claiming 142,000 lives, the Japanese could not do anything about it. The impact of this quake was of 7.9 magnitude whose main effect was on the Izu Oshima Island.

8. ARDABIL, IRAN:

The earthquake in Ardabil occurred in 1997 on 28 February, which killed nearly 150,000 people. An earthquake was seen in the month of January 1997 but it was not as severe as February 1997, it was just a hint for the people that something is not good but however no one had any idea that such a severe damage will occur.

7. HAIYUAN, CHINA:

1920 Haiyuan earthquake occurred on the 16th of December, 1920 claiming over 200,000 lives in the Haiyuan China. It was also named as 192 Gansu earthquakes. The earthquake hit at 8 pm with a magnitude found of 7.8; it was so intense that it destroyed the Lijunbu-Haiyuan-Ganyanchi area. Destruction took place across seven Chinese provinces. More than 73,000 people died in Haiyuan country. More than 30,000 people were killed in Guyuan Country

6. DAMGHAN, IRAN:

The earthquake in Damghan is referred as 856 damghan earthquake; this was the first recorded earthquake which brought destruction as huge as a death of 200 thousand peoples. The magnitude of this earthquake was recorded as 7.9 which occurred in the province of Persia. The aftershocks effects were felt for many years after the earthquake as it was among the deadliest earthquake.

5. ALEPPO SYRIA:

The earthquake at Aleppo occurred many centuries in the year 1138 but it is still very fresh because the destruction caused by it cannot be forgotten easily, 230,000 people lost their lives in this cataclysm. But this destruction did not cease in 1138, a series of other earthquakes were seen which continued till 1159.

4.  INDIAN OCEAN:

The earthquake which occurred undersea at the Indian Sea was witnessed on 26^th December 2004, which quake triggered the earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia. The effects of this catastrophe were felt in the 14 countries which near the Indian ocean including India, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives and Thailand. The magnitude of this earthquake was ranging from 9.1 to 9.3 which are among the highest magnitudes ever recorded. The deaths caused by the Indian Ocean earthquake were around 227,898.

3. TANSGHAN, CHINA:

The great Tangshan earthquake was the 3^rd most devastative in the history and the most devastative in the 20^th century. The earthquake occurred on 28^th July 1976 with a recorded death toll of 240,000 but according to many surveys the death toll is said to the around 640,000. More than a hundred thousand inhabitants were injured. This earth quake occurred in the morning which of a magnitude 8.2

2. HAITI REGION:

Although the magnitude of this earthquake was 7.0 but the cataclysm was very huge. This earth quake occurred approximately 5:00 pm in the evening of 12^th January 2010. Haiti’s capital port-au-prince was the point where the earthquake occurred but it took the entire country in its embrace, 316,000 people died and plenty thousands were injured and were left with no work, no bread to eat and no home to place. The financial condition of the country collapsed as the aftermath of this quake and is still receiving the Aid from other countries.

1. SHAANXI, CHINA:

This was the deadliest earthquake ever seen in the history, 820,000 people lost their lives. The earth quake was witnessed early in the morning in Shaanxi. This earthquake was so disastrous that every building, every house, every statue collapsed, 60% of the residents were killed. The main impact of this earthquake was in Shaanxi however the high effects were witnessed in the provinces of Shandong, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Gansu and Henan. China’s entire inner region was devastated as the aftermath of this event

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