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Smritivan Earthquake Memorial and Museum is a memorial park dedicated to the victims of 2001 Gujarat earthquake and museum on Bhujiyo Hill in Bhuj, Kutch district (Kachchh), Gujarat, India. It has seven blocks with displays on seven different themes.
The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also known as the Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 January at 08:46 am IST. The epicentre was about 9 km south-southwest of the village of Chobari in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch (Kachchh) District of Gujarat , India .
The reason for the intensity and high frequency of earthquakes is the Indian plate driving into Asia at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year. [1] The following is a list of major earthquakes which have occurred in India , including those with epicentres outside India that caused significant damage or casualties in the country.
The collapse Sunday evening in Gujarat state plunged hundreds of people into a river, killing at least 134. Inspector-General Ashok Yadav said police have formed a special investigative team, and ...
In the plate interior regions, damaging earthquakes occurred in 1993 at Killari, Maharashtra, in 1997 at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, and in 2001 in Kachchh, Gujarat. Earthquake monitoring in India started as early as 1898, with the establishment of an earthquake observatory at Alipore, Kolkata (Calcutta).
Later, Prof. Naveenchandra N. Srivastava was deputed by Gujarat government to lead the institute. [4] Formal research activities were commenced in 2006. [citation needed] ISR is the nodal agency in the western state of Gujarat to deploy and maintain a sub-network of 22 broadband seismograph stations and 40 strong-motion accelerographs. [5]
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