Bhuj earthquake of 2001, massive earthquake that occurred on jan. The gujarat earthquake 2001 anil kkumar sinha, senior technical advisor, asian disaster reduction center one of the two most deadly earthquakes to strike india in its recorded history was the bhuj earthquake that shook the indian province of gujarat on the morning of january 26, 2001 republic day. Pdf the gujarat earthquake 2001 experience in a seismically. Number of family members residing in household of victims of the 2001 earthquake in gujarat. The gujarat earthquake 2001 experience in a seismically unprepared area. In this paper, we present a method of earthquake damage detection by comparing the optical images with panchromatic bands for the gujarat, india earthquake, which occurred on january 26, 2001.
The january 26th earthquake is the most damaging event in the region to date, with at least 20,000 fatalities, 166,836 injuries, and nearly a million buildings destroyed or damaged. The epicentre was about 9 km southsouthwest of the village of chobari in bhachau taluka of kutch district of gujarat, india the intraplate earthquake reached 7. A powerful earthquake rocked the western state of gujarat in india at 08. Explore gujarat 2001 earthquake profile at times of india. Distribution by age of patients received at the gandhilincoln hospital following the gujarat earthquake 2001. The earthquake was felt as far away as delhi in the north, kolkata in the east and chennai in the south. Pdf this paper1 looks at some of the winners and losers in the reconstruction efforts following the 2001 earthquake in gujarat. Damage assessment after 2001 gujarat earthquake using. Interdisciplinary observations on the january 2001 bhuj, gujarat. The 2001 gujarat earthquake, also known as the bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 january, indias 52nd republic day, at 08. The deadliest stable continental region earthquake occurred near.
Latest and breaking news on gujarat 2001 earthquake. The reconnaissance was sponsored in part by world seismic safety. The gujarat earthquake is also known as the bhuj earthquake. Intensity results from the bhuj earthquake will thus be useful to better con strain the magnitude of historical indian earthquakes e.
Note that both ahmedabad 238 km east of epicenter, and surat 357 km. A large destructive earthquake occurred on 26 january 2001 in the region of kutch, gujarat, in western india, with magnitude mw 7. The data used in this study are optical remote sensing images taken by landsat7 satellite on january 8 and february 29, 2001, before and after the earthquake. The epicentre was about 9 km southsouthwest of the village of chobari in bhachau ta luka of kutch district of gujarat, india. Focal mechanism solutions for the earthquake indicate that oblique rupture occurred on either an eastnortheast, or a westnorthwest. O the 2001 gujarat earthquake also known as bhuj earthquake occurred on 26 january, indias 52nd republic day, at 08.
Annual appeal 2001earthquake recovery and rehabilitation launched on 9 july 2001 for chf 60. Pdf winners and losers from the 2001 gujarat earthquake. The bhuj, india earthquake of 26 january 2001 the institution of. On the morning of january 26, 2001, the nations 52nd republic day, a devastating earthquake occurred in the kutch district of the state of gujarat.
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