Gujarat Earthquake, India
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- Gujarat Earthquake, India
- Facts
- 26th January 2001
- 8:46am
- Lasted for 2 mminutes
- Aftershocks followed for more than a month
- Located in India, Gujarat
- 7.9 Richter Scale
- Himalayan and Eurasian plates collided
- Human Effects
- 600,000 people left homeless
- 3000 people died in City Bhuj
- 167,000 people injured
- Shopkeepsers were left to defend business' due to destruction of transport so polic couldnt help
- 20,000 deaths
- Physical Effects
- Houses destroyed
- Schools and water systems destroyed
- Multi-storage buildings collapsed
- 90% of buildings destroyed
- Main hospital crushed
- Many medically skilled people died
- 4km of roads destroyed
- Many skilled workers killed so infrastructure could not be mended
- Short-Term Effects
- Educate how to prepare for after shocks
- Emergency accomodation was provided - tents
- Waste disposal units provided
- Immediate food, shelter and medical supplies and clean water was provided
- Long-Term Effects
- Re-building infrastructure
- International aid sent from Switzerland and UK
- Relief teams and supplies were sent from charities, e.g. Redcross
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