Bihar Earthquake

Rahul Sen Sharma- L017

-1934 Manan Modi- L010

One of the worst earthquakes to
have strike India was the 1934
Nepal-India earthquake, also
known as the 1934 Bihar-Nepal
earthquake.

On January 15, 1934, at around

2:13 PM IST (08:43 UTC), an
earthquake of 8.0 magnitude
struck. It significantly damaged
northern Bihar and Nepal.
 Though the cause of the earthquake is still not confirmed due to lack
of information its is believed to have occurred due to the shift in
Himalayan (Churia Hills or Sivaliks) tectonic plates.

For half a century following the shock, the epicenter was believed
located beneath the Ganga plain in the Bihar province of India,

How it
corresponding to early instrumental. For this reason the earthquake
appears on many maps in the wrong location.

occurred? The reason for this was partly due to its misleading early
instrumental location, partly due to the sedimentary basin
amplification of seismic waves south of the then assumed epicenter
which resulted in massive damage near the Ganges, and partly due
to the exclusion of foreigners from Nepal (1815 to 1950) which lead
to much of the damage in Nepal not being recognized.

But after the extensive study on the damages in Nepal it was

relocated within Nepal 9.5 km (5.9 mi) south of Mount Everest.
 How People Were Affected
The three major towns of the
Kathmandu Valley in Nepal—
Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan
—were severely affected and
almost all the buildings collapsed.
Large cracks appeared in the
ground and several roads were
damaged in Kathmandu;
The areas where the most damage to The number of deaths was 10,700–
life and property occurred extended 12,000 with 7,253 recorded in
from Purnea in the east to Champaran Bihar
in the west (a distance of nearly 320 km
or 200 mi), and from Kathmandu in the
north to Munger in the south (a distance
of nearly 465 km or 289 mi).The towns
of Munger and Muzaffarpur were
completely destroyed.
 Mahatma Gandhi visited the Bihar state. He wrote that
the Bihar earthquake was providential retribution for
India's failure to eradicate untouchability

Disaster In Bihar, Sri Babu (Shri Krishna Sinha) and the other
great leader Anugrah Babu (Anugrah Narayan Sinha),

response threw themselves into relief work.

Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi, an eminent freedom fighter,

worked extensively in the earthquake relief operations.
He operated several relief camps providing the affected
people with food and shelter.
Ideal Earthquake
Preparedness, Response,
Recovery, Rehabilitation
and Mitigation
The episode of Bihar earthquake 1935
was neither well responded nor well
recorded for analysis due to the lack
instrumentation during that period. In
order to tackle such a disaster following
should be the steps.
Steps
Identify
Identifying hazards during
earthquake. Primary
danger to people result
from getting stuck under
rubble, improper
construction, loose electric
lines gas leaks and
landslide in some cases.
Prepare
Earthquake proof
construction, Secured
electric lines and gas lines,
well prepared rescue
teams secured hill sides
etc.
Response
Identifying the scale of the
disaster and mobilize
adequate resources
,Prepared rescue team,
and proper shelters.
Recovery
Depending on the scale
help from local, state or
national authority ;
workers may be involved in
a variety of response and
recovery operations such
as search and rescue and
part rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Reconstruction Mitigation

Plays a crucial role in Restore normalcy in the It's the ongoing effort to
natural disasters owing to long term. It may include lessen the impact disasters
the significant upsurge of providing housing to the .Mitigation involves
survivors with complex affected people, keeping homes away from
and long-term disabling reconstructions of schools, floodplains, engineering
injuries. It can minimize hospitals, water and gas bridges to withstand
mortality, decrease pipelines, restoring earthquakes, creating and
disability, and improve electricity, transport, and enforcing effective building
clinical outcomes and communication. codes to protect property.
participation.
 Conclusion
What we learned?
Although earthquakes cannot be prevented,
we can study more about them in the hopes of
finding measures to defend ourselves against
them. The steps for doing this were covered in
the slides before. Any disaster must be
assessed and analysed in order to minimise
damage to persons and property. We also
talked about the 1934 Bihar earthquake and
its effects on people and property here.
Role as a Chemical Engineer
Engineers play a vital role in disaster
management. They are providing necessary
information after that government bodies take
required actions in order to avoid the disaster
upto a maximum possible extent. From
preventing gas leaks, chemical spills and
construction of require infrastructure all is
done with help of chemical engineers and civil
engineers.
 References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_Nepal–India_earthquake

http://buildingresearch.com.np/news_events/1934_nepal_bihar_eq/news_events_1.php

http://www.pngimagesfree.com/Map/Bihar-Map-PNG.htm

https://www.osha.gov/earthquakes

https://www.livehistoryindia.com/story/eras/bihar-nepal

https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/deadliest-earthquakes-nepal-faced-
50090.html/page/2

https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/south-asian-history/acts-aid-politics-
relief-and-reconstruction-1934-biharnepal-earthquake?format=HB&isbn=9781108838092
Thank you!