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NATURAL DISASTERS -
Earthquake - Gujarat - 2001 |
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- January 26, 2001: Earthquake
- Gujarat, India.
- The epicentre was about 9 km south-southwest of the
village of Chobari in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District
of Gujarat, India. The earthquake reached 7.7 on the
moment magnitude scale and had a maximum felt intensity
of X (Intense) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The
earthquake killed around 20,000 people (including 18 in
South eastern Pakistan), injured another 167,000 and
destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.
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