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Gujarat lies around 400 km from the plate boundary that is located between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. This earthquake that struck Gujarat was caused by rifting reverse faulting on reactivated rift faults

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Primary Effects:

30 000+ deaths, 55 000 injuries, 1 000 000+ people homeless

That is wrong! Primary effects are the immediate effects of the earthquake. For example - buildings collapsed, bridges torn apart etc <3

those answers are secondary

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the secondary effects were how many people died and how many people injured ect.

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