• Find the following information about the 2001 Gujarat earthquake.
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The earthquake occurred along an approximately east-west trending thrust fault at shallow depth. The stress that caused this earthquake is due to the Indian plate pushing northward into the Eurasian plate.
The massive earthquake killed between 14 000 and 20 000 people, damaged over 1.2 million houses, and affected almost 8000 villages in Gujarat, west India. More than 3000 health facilities were destroyed, including a 281 bed district hospital, a 16 bed mental hospital at Bhuj, and 239 health centres.
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The earthquake occurred along an approximately east-west trending thrust fault at shallow depth. The stress that caused this earthquake is due to the Indian plate pushing northward into the Eurasian plate.
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