![]() ![]() Most recently in January 2016, an M6.7 earthquake hit Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur, killing a dozen people and injuring hundreds more in India and Bangladesh. One of the largest and deadliest was the 2001 Bhuj earthquake in the state of Gujarat, which destroyed more than 400,000 houses, killed at least 20,000 people, and impacted buildings as far as 250 km from the epicenter. Just within the last two decades, five earthquakes-1993 Latur, 2001 Bhuj, 2005 Kashmir, 2011 Sikkim, and 2015 Gorkha-have caused significant damage. ![]() In the last 250 years, at least 30 damaging quakes have occurred there-most during the last century. While India experiences a wide variety of natural catastrophes, it is not considered an earthquake-prone country, when in fact, it is. ![]()
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