Nurtaj is an Arabic name for girls that is formed from the word Nur (light) and taj (crown), thus meaning crown of light.Since taj can be used to add emphasis to names, the meaning can ... Read more.urtaj is an Arabic name for girls that is formed from the word Nur (light) and taj (crown), thus meaning crown of light.
It's important to be able to distinguish between minor earthquakes that cause no damage or fatalities and major earthquakes that result in horrific loss of life. That's why we usually describe earthquakes by giving them a number on either the Richter scale or the Mercalli scale.
Surface waves (e.g. Rayleigh waves, Love waves) that produce vertical motion of the ground surface produce the most damage during an earthquake.