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Earthquakes and tsunamis have long been associated with animals or superficial creatures which are resting undergrounds and their annoyance cause the earth to jolt when someone tries to disturb them from slumber. Earthquake myths are anecdotes that are correlated with ecological observations or affiliation with some animals in most parts of the world and are passing from one generation to another. The science has given many scientific reasons for these natural disasters but there are numerous famous myths and beliefs about the causes of earthquakes and tsunamis which can still be heard and believed in many parts of the world. EARTHQUAKE MYTH IN PAKISTAN(ASIA) I’ll start from the myth that I used to hear in my childhood in Pakistan from my Nano (grandmother) when we visited her in the countryside. She used to warn us many times like, “An ox stables the earth’s surface on its single horn. When he gets tired and switches the duty to the other horn then earth twists around with a jo...

SCIENTIFIC REASON OF AN EARTHQUAKE There are fractures in the earth’s crust, which are called fault lines. These fractures can be tiny or can be miles long. On the other side, we know that there is constant movement of rocks and tectonic plate in earth’s crust when any of the rock  slides against any fault line or two tectonic plates push each other to make its space, then jots and tremors are felt above the  earth's surface which is called an earthquake. CAN DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS SENSE AN EARTHQUAKE? Scientists suggest that dogs and few crawling animals like snakes, lizards can sense seismic activity in advance because of their strong hearing sense. They can observe grinding, pushing off the rocks with each other and micro-tremors deep down from the earth's surface and can foresight any big sliding in near minutes.  People for centuries have anecdotes when they observed strange behaviors of cats, dogs, ants and other animals before ...