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प्रश्न
Name one man-made cause of an earthquake.
उत्तर
Construction of large scale dams, the thrust of rivers along fault lines, dumping of chemical wastes also cause earthquakes due to imbalance in the isostatic balance of the earth’s landforms, e.g. Koyna dam caused an earthquake in Maharashtra.
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