Lest we forget! Reminiscing the Bhuj earthquake

摘要

It is now just over two years that a devastating earthquake struck the Indian soils. The Republic Day of India on January 26 2001, would be remembered by many, specially those several hundred thousands people whose life virtually took a somersault as their homes were destroyed. They lost their near and dear ones and lost their belongings and personal possessions. Some families were totally wiped out while some citizens lost almost everything they had and were virtually on the streets for several days till such time some temporary shelter was provided. The losses in such an earthquake are extremely high. In Bhuj, the earthquake had measured a magnitude of 7.7 (M 7.7) on the moment scale. The epicentre was located at 23.40° north, 70.34° east, around 75 km east of the city of Bhuj.