27 October 2015

GATE Architecture/Planning 2016 Question

Richter scale & the damage done:
0 to 1.9: only visible to Seismograph
2 to 2.9: Light shaking can be felt
3 to 3.9: The vibrations get stronger
4 to 4.9: Window panes can break and photo frames on walls can fall
5 to 5.9: Furniture starts moving from its place
6 to 6.9: Foundations of buildings can be displaced
7 to 7.9: Buildings can fall
8 to 8.9: Larger edifices like bridges can be damaged and fall
9 Plus: Everything that has been built buy human hands can get destroyed
the force of quake between 1 to 2 is 10 times and between 6 TO 7 is also TEN times the force at 6.

THIS CAN BE IMAGINE HOW DESTRUCTIVE IT IS WHEN FORCE IS FROM ONE NUMBER TO NEXT AND IS TEN TIMES THAN EARLIER NUMBER.

Courtsey: Chaitanya Korra , JNTU Hyderabad

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