Maharashtra LEDC Earthquake

Maharashtra is a western state in the middle of India.

1st Septembre 1993

6.2 Richter Scale

+22,000 dead

150,000 homeless 

It wasn't on a plate boundary

Part of the 2% that occured off a plate boundary.

The army didn't arrive until 36hrs after the earthquake struck

Until this point civilians were saving other civilians.

People were still being saved 5 days later.

No precautions as it wasn't an earthquake prone area.

The army didn't arrive until 36hrs after the earthquake struck

Until this point civilians were saving other civilians.

People were still being saved 5 days later.

No precautions as it wasn't an earthquake prone area.

The scale of the earthquake was equivalent to a 30 mega tonne nuclear bomb.

The UK sent over things like:

Tents

Blankets

Water suplies

It is nicknamed the Robin Hood earthquake because the rich people in the stone houses died, whereas the poor people in the straw huts survived when they collapsed.

The buildings have been rebuilt with triangular structures because that is the strongest shape.

The roofs are domes because it is thought to be an earthquake proof shape.