Earthquake in Gujarat occurred in 2001, 26th January, Further details about the disaster and its effects are given in the slide.

2. Date 26 January 2001
Origin time 03:16 UTC
Magnitude 7.7 Mw
Depth 16 kilometres (10 mi)
Epicenter 23.419°N 70.232°E
Type Oblique-slip
Areas affected India, Pakistan
Max. intensity X (Extreme)
Casualties 13,805–20,023 dead
~ 166,800 injured

3. O The 2001 Gujarat
earthquake also known
as Bhuj earthquake
occurred on 26 January,
India's 52nd Republic
Day, at 08:46 AM
IST and lasted for over 2
minutes.
The epicentre was about
9 km south-southwest of
the village
of Chobari in Bhachau Ta
luka of Kutch District
of Gujarat, India.

5. O The intraplate earthquake reached
7.7 on the moment magnitude
scale and had a maximum felt
intensity of X (Extreme) on
the Mercalli intensity scale. The
earthquake killed between 13,805
and 20,023 people (including 18 in
south-eastern (Pakistan), injured
another 167,000 and destroyed
nearly 400,000 homes.

7. OGujarat lies 3–400 km from the plate
boundary between the Indian Plate and
the Eurasian Plate, but the current
tectonics is still governed by the effects
of the continuing continental
collision along this boundary. During the
break-up of Gondwana in the Jurassic,
this area was affected by rifting with a
roughly west-east trend.

8. ODuring the collision with Eurasia the
area has undergone shortening,
involving both reactivation of the
original rift faults and development of
new low-angle thrust faults. The
related folding has formed a series of
ranges, particularly in central Kutch.
The focal mechanism of most
earthquakes is consistent with reverse
faulting on reactivated rift faults.

9. OThe pattern of uplift and subsidence
associated with the 1819 Rann of Kutch
earthquake is consistent with
reactivation of such a fault. The 2001
Gujarat earthquake was caused by
movement on a previously unknown
south-dipping fault, trending parallel to
the inferred rift structures.

10. OThe death toll in the Kutch region
was 12,300. Bhuj, which was
situated only 20 km away from the
epicenter, was devastated.
Considerable damage also occurred
in Bhachau and Anjar with hundreds
of villages flattened in Taluka of
Anjar, Bhuj & Bhachau.

14. OOver a million structures were damaged or
destroyed, including many historic
buildings and tourist attractions.
OThe quake destroyed around 40% of
homes, eight schools, two hospitals and
4 km of road in Bhuj and partly destroyed
the city's historic Swaminarayan
temple and historic fort as well Prag
Mahal and Aina Mahal.

17. OIn Ahmedabad, Gujarat's commercial
capital with a population of 5.6 million,
as many as 50 multi-storied buildings
collapsed and several hundred people
were killed. Total property damage was
estimated at $5.5 billion and rising. In
Kutch, the earthquake destroyed about
60% of food and water supplies and
around 258,000 houses – 90% of the
district's housing stock.

19. OThe biggest setback was the total
demolition of the Bhuj Civil hospital. The
Indian military provided emergency
support which was later augmented by
the International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Society. A
temporary Red Cross hospital remained
in Bhuj to provide care while a
replacement hospital was built.

21. OSmritivan, a memorial park and
museum dedicated to victims of the
earthquake was built atop Bhujia Hill.
Total 13,805 trees dedicated to each
victim were planted in the garden and
108 small water reservoirs were
created on the hill.