Question 7GS3GS3
Recently, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake has hit Kamchatkan plateau of Russia's far east region triggering floods as well as volcanic eruptions.
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Global pattern of earthquake occurrences: Map showing major earthquake prone regions of the world including: - Alta-Himalayan region - East African Rift valley - Pacific Ring of Fire
1Pacific ring of fire - It accounts for about 68% of total earthquakes. It is due to boundary line between different tectonic plates. (2) Pacific, North American, South American, Eurasian and Indo-Australian plates. (2) Alta-Himalayan region - It accounts for about 21% of the earthquakes. It is earthquake prone due to region of collision plates of Eurasian & Indo-Australian plates. (3) East African Rift valley - accounts for about 11% of total earthquakes. It is due to presence of fault line in the Eastern Region of African continent.
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Global map showing major earthquake-prone regions with Alta-Himalayan region, East African Rift valley, and Pacific Ring of Fire marked
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Ananya Rana
AIR 602025
Subject & Paper
GS3GS3
Topic
Disaster Management
Earthquake
Earthquake
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