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The deadliest stable continental region earthquake occurred near Bhuj on 26 January 2001 |
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| Authors: | BK Rastogi HK Gupta Prantik Mandal HVS Satyanarayana M Kousalya R Raghavan Richa Jain ANS Sarma N Kumar C Satyamurty |
| Institution: | (1) National Geophysical Research Institute, Post Bag 724, Hyderabad, 500 007, India |
| Abstract: | A large destructive earthquake occurred on 26 January 2001 in the region of Kutch, Gujarat, in Western India, with magnitude Mw 7.7. The earthquake caused very heavy damage and a large number of casualties with more than 20,000 deaths. A preliminary study of ground deformation, damage pattern and aftershock distribution is presented. |
| Keywords: | intraplate seismicity stable continental region aftershocks Kutch mainland fault ground deformation and damage pattern |
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