OPERATION DOST Flashcards
OPERATION DOST IS FOR
TURKEY AND SYRIA
INDIA TAKEN HUMANITARIAN AND DISASTER RELIEF VIA WHICH AIRCRAFT
C-17 (INDIAN AIR FORCE )
INDIA IS ALSO SIGNATORY TO ALL 4 …..CONVENTION
GENEVA (2016 WORLD HUMAITARIAN SUMMIT )
OPERATION CASTOR
MALDIVES 2004 TSUNAMI
OPERATION RAINBOW
SRILANKA 2004 TSUNAMI
SAMUDRA MAITRI
TO INDONESIA 2010 - EARTHQUAKE
TWO LARGE EARTH QUAKE AT MAGNITUDE OF
7.8
AND 7.5
CLAIMING AT LEAST 1700 IN TURKEY AND SYRIA
EARTH CRUST ID MADE OF ……SEGMENTED ROCKS
15 MASSIVE
MEETING POINTS = FAULTS
TURKEY AND SYRIA LIE IN CONFLUENCE OF THREE TECTINIC PLATES -
ARABIAN PLATE
EURASION PLATE ANATOLIAN PLATE
ANATOLIAN PLATE HAS TWO MAJOR FAULT
NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT
EAST ANATOLIAN FAULT
THE BIGGEST EARTHQUAKE TILL THIS DATE
9.5 MAGNITUDE (1960 )- CHILE
POINT OF THIS MOVEMENT BELOW EARTH SURFACE IS CALLED
FOCUS
…..IS THE POINT ABOVE THE FOCUS ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH
EPICENTRE
DEVICE WITH WHICH EARTHQUAKE WAVES ……
SEISMOGRAM
RICHTER SCALE - IS MEASURED - 3 TO 7
……..PERCENT OF THE LAND AREA OF INDIA IS LIABLE TO SESMIC HAZARD DAMAGE
59 %
