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has gloss | eng: 1988 Bihar earthquake occurred in1988 in north Bihar and Nepal. This magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook the region on August 21, 1988 killing about 1004 persons (282 in India and 722 in Nepal) and injuring more than 16,000. The earthquake struck in two installments of 10 seconds and 15 seconds each and left cracks in 50,000 buildings, including Raj Bhavan and the old Secretariat Building in Patna in Bihar. |
lexicalization | eng: 1988 Bihar earthquake |
instance of | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity temblor, quake, earthquake, seism |
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