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India’s National Centre for Seismology says soil liquefaction caused severe damage in the recent earthquake that stuck in Myanmar.
Focus or Hypocenter is the point within the Earth where an earthquake rupture starts. Epicenter is the point at the surface of the Earth above the focus.
Sagaing Fault |
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Thailand's capital Bangkok, which is more than 1,000 km away from the epicentre suffered significant damage as the rupture's direction was towards it.
Soil liquefaction |
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National Centre for Seismology is the nodal agency involved in monitoring seismic activity across the country with the help of National network consisting of 166 stations. It works under Ministry of Earth Sciences and are aimed at better earthquake monitoring, early warning systems, and research into seismic activity.
The Hindu| Myanmar-Thailand Earthquake
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