Bhuj, India Earthquake

Bhuj, India

 


 

  • January 11, 2001
  • M7.7 Earthquake
  • About 30x more energy released than the M6.7 1994 Northridge EQ

  • 20,000 confirmed deaths
  • 600,000 homeless
  • $5 billion in damage
  • Part of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute team sent to study the effects