1956 Anjar earthquake

Earthquake in India December 2013 November 2024 1956 Anjar earthquake 1956-07-21 15:32:30 iscgem888505 888505 1956 07 21 yes 21:02:30 India 6.1 s y IXhttp://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=4103&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display https://web.archive.org/web/20170113093935/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=4103&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display dead 13 January 2017 Significant earthquake National Geophysical Data Center National Geophysical Data Center 16 December 2013 23.3 70.0 inline,title Dip-slip India, Gujarat approximately 115 reported dead and 254 injured. 1956 Anjar earthquake.jpg USGS ShakeMap The 1956 Anjar earthquake occurred at 15:32 UTC on 21 July, causing maximum damage in town of Anjar in Kutch, Gujarat, India. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.1 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX on the Mercalli intensity scale.India: Anjar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Kandla Earthquake, 1956 Earthquake The epicenter of earthquake of 21 July 1956 was at somewhere between Anjar and Bhadresar,Earthquakes in Gujarat, India very close to that of 1819 Kutch earthquake, between 50 and 120 km away depending on the epicentral location chosen for the earlier event. It caused considerable damage and casualties, especially in and around town of Anjar, India. The area of maximum damage was of 2000 km2 and radius of perceptibility was 300 km.J.R. Kayal Microearthquake Seismology and Seismotectonics of South Asia https://books.google.com/books?id=POLg0eGi3EAC&pg=PA393 2008 Springer Science & Business Media 978-1-4020-8180-4 393 2008msss.book.....K The cause of earthquake was reverse faulting, similar to that which caused the 1819 earthquake.Source parameters of the Anjar earthquake of July 21, 1956, India, and its seismotectonic implications for the Kutch rift basin Chung W.-Y. & Gao H. Tectonophysics 1995 242 3–4 281–292 10.1016/0040-1951(94)00203-L 1995Tectp.242..281C Damage The town of Anjar and the Taluka of Anjar were the most affected region with 2000 houses damaged, of which half of them were in Anjar town alone. The other towns affected were Bhuj, Kera, Bhachau, Gandhidham and port town of Kandla. At least 115 people were reported to have died and casualties numbered to 254 as per government records.Quake rocks Kutch http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/24/stories/2006072400940900.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110824132322/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/24/stories/2006072400940900.htm dead 24 August 2011 16 December 2013 The Hindu 24 July 1956 It was estimated that more than 3,000 houses in 25 villages developed huge cracks, losses ran up to yes10 million. Such devastation wreaked by the quake made it one of the worst calamities to hit Kutch in the past 100 years. More than 8,000 people migrated from the district a few days after the quake. The earthquake was followed by heavy rains, which added to the misery of thousands living in temporary camps.http://timesfoundation.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-980289,curpg-18.cms Times Relier Fund for Anjar Earthquake of 1956. 16 December 2013 16 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131216184811/http://timesfoundation.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-980289,curpg-18.cms dead Anjar, which is a historic town and very congested in the old parts was largely destroyed in this earthquake of 1956. Later, new houses were raised on old foundations, and in due course of time also the new township of Naya Anjar or New Anjar township was founded after this earthquake for rehabilitation purpose.Understanding Earthquake Disasters by Amita Sinvhal – 2010 – Page 97.UNESCO MISSION TO GUJARAT, INDIA, FOR THE CONSERVATION OF EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGED CULTURAL PROPERTIESGujarat State Gazetteer by U. M. Chokshi, M. R. Trivedi – 1991 – Volume 2 – Page 527. The railway track near Anjar was damaged as the earth gave way over a length of nearly 50 feet,Indian Journal of Meteorology & Geophysics – Volume 10 – 1959 – Page 137 however, other major railway lines, roads, bridges, culverts, were not affected by this earthquake.Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress – Volume 44 – 1957 – Page 167. Other events The next major earthquake in the region was of 26 January 2001, which again was due to a similar style of faulting as the 1819 earthquake. See also List of earthquakes in 1956 List of earthquakes in India References External links 888505 1956 Category:1956 earthquakes Category:July 1956 in Asia Category:Kutch district Category:History of Gujarat (1947–present) Category:1956 in India Category:History of Kutch 1956 Category:1956 disasters in India