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
The Haitian earthquake was caused by the faultline the country sits on.
A tidal wave is caused by an earthquake.
posiedon
PLATES
False. An earthquake is a seismic wave caused by a sudden release of energy.
The Gujarat earthquake occurred on January 26, 2001.
Gujarat earthquake, and Kashmir earthquake.
in 2003
The natural disaster that killed 971 students and 31 teachers in 2001 in Gujarat was the Gujarat earthquake. Occurring on January 26, 2001, it registered a magnitude of 7.7 and caused widespread destruction, particularly in the town of Bhuj and surrounding areas. The earthquake resulted in significant loss of life and left many people injured and homeless.
20,000 people dead
300 trillon seconds
8.46am local time
The frequency was 6.9 at the Richter scale.
indo austalian and eurasian posted by pjg
Gujarat
My parents bedroom and the back garden
The earthquake and tsunami were caused by a shift in the earths crust.