The Gujarat Earthquake 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyCase studiesA2/A-levelOCR Created by: berraCreated on: 12-04-16 19:14 The Gujurat Earthquake ... 1 of 23 When? 26th Jan 2001 2 of 23 Why live there? (2) 2nd most industrialised state in India, growing at a rate of 12.8% compared to 2% nationally 3 of 23 Richter scale? 7.7 4 of 23 Why did it happen? Sudden stress at the collision margin of theIndo-Australian plate and Eurasian plate 5 of 23 Deaths? 20,000 6 of 23 Injured? 166,000 7 of 23 How many affected? 15.9 million 8 of 23 Buildings damaged? 350,000 (90%) 9 of 23 How many homeless? 600,000 10 of 23 What % of Bhuj was uninhabitable? 95% 11 of 23 Total cost of damage? $5 billion 12 of 23 What occured underground? Pipes and sewers were destroyed 13 of 23 How many ports were affected as a result of good not reaching the coast? 40+ 14 of 23 What good came out of it? (2) Desert rivers began to flow again after centuries, the water table rose 15 of 23 What was set up to help dig? Floodlights so it could be done 24 hours a day 16 of 23 How many NGO's helped out? 22 17 of 23 How many shelters were built? 27,000 18 of 23 What sort of map was produced? An earthquake zoning map 19 of 23 What was relocated on a large scale? Villages and all residents 20 of 23 What was done to gov buildings? Made earthquake resistant 21 of 23 How many kilometres of transmission lines were strengthened? 8,900 22 of 23 What occured in terms of gender? Gender disparity was reduced due to an increased no. of women in work 23 of 23
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