Make a detail report about the 2005 Kashmir earthquake including discussion on the following topics: -The seismic fault responsible for the earthquake -the distribution of ground shaking around the fault -the region of maximum ground shaking -geology of the affected region -the reasons for the large damages and associated casualt
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Make a detail report about the 2005 Kashmir earthquake including discussion on the following topics:
-The seismic fault responsible for the earthquake
-the distribution of ground shaking around the fault
-the region of maximum ground shaking
-geology of the affected region
-the reasons for the large damages and associated casualties
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