| Location |
Gujarat State, India |
Seattle, Washington
State, USA |
| When it happened |
8.46 am, 26th January
2001 |
10.54 am, February 28th
2001 |
| Magnitude on the
Richter Scale |
7.7 |
6.8 |
| Type of plate margin
and the names of the plates involved |
- |
- |
| Death Toll |
|
|
| Other effects on
people |
500,000 people were
made homeless. Bhuj was badly hit, and whole villages were
flattened. It was difficult to cope with the water, food,
medical and clothing needs of the injured and homeless, and
there was a growing threat of disease. Two months later, some
villages in remote areas have still not received help. |
Little damage to most
parts of the city, although 250 people were injured and some
older brick buildings may be demolished. People experienced
delays at Seattle airport, roads buckled, and 17,000 people
were without power. Businesses were badly affected, and the
costs of repairs could be more than $1 billion |
| Immediate human response |
- |
- |
| Possible human response
in the long-term |
Stricter building codes
to use designs that can withstand earthquakes. An international
rescue system could help to respond to such disasters more
quickly. |
A new kind of concrete,
simcon, may make buildings virtually quake-proof. Strict building
codes will continue and more people may take out extra insurance
to cover themselves during future earthquakes. |
