RAJKOT JOLTED BY EARTHQUAKE OF 4.4 MAGNITUDE

Highlights

• Earlier on Saturday, earthquake of 4.3 magnitude was reported in Bikaner

• The reason behind earthquake was movements in the ground plates in the Aravalli ranges

• The intensity of the earthquake recorded on Sunday was of 5.5 magnitude

SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE OF 1906-CITY BURNT TO CINDERS

• The San Andreas Fault was the cause of the big earthquake that befell San Francisco in 1906.
• The fault was 275 miles long and the loss was put at some 3000 people and 28,000 buildings with devastating fires that ransacked the city.

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