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  New Delhi, Nov 09: A day after the world witnessed a lunar eclipse, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the lower Himalayan region on Wednesday, killing at least nine people. It led to tremors rippling across north India and parts of Nepal and jolting people out of their sleep. Eclipse and Natural Calamities Religions across the globe have always talked about eclipses having links with earthquakes or natural calamities. It has been widely believed that dreadful events occur because of eclipses. When the Sun or the Moon was not suddenly visible in the sky, there was a turmoil in the societies and any natural tragedies occur thereafter was linked to the eclipse So, is there is a connection between Lunar eclipse and earthquakes? Or eclipse with natural calamities? Let's begin with what is eclipse. According to the NASA, an eclipse occurs when one heavenly body such as a moon or planet moves into the shadow of another heavenly body. The Moon moves in an orbit around Earth. At the same...