“The Earth is carrying by a special snake and when the snake moves his head, there is an earthquake”.
The above-mentioned sentence is taken from Hindu literature. If you are interested to know what explains about earthquake the Hindu religion, have a look at the recently published article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.668086
If you go through the text, you will see some interesting explanations on the causes of earthquakes.
I loved the Prince and Princess stories 
If I’m not mistaking, your work was also published in Tremblor? Hindu texts help scientists communicate earthquake hazards in Nepal - Temblor.net
Yes, Laurent, you are right. A featured article is also published in Tremblor. Thanks for your concern.
There is something similiar in Turkish culture. In ancient times People believed the earth was carried by an ox. When ox shook its head earthquake occured 
Kind of similar, I recently learnt that in taiwan, they call earthquakes “earth cows.” 地牛。
The folklore is that there’s a giant cow that lives inside the earth. when it rolls over, it creates earthquakes.
