Dewatering Effects from the Gujarat Earthquake

Credit: NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team · Download full size image

On January 26, 2001, when India's Republic Day is normally celebrated, a devastating earthquake hit the state of Gujarat. About 20,000 people died and millions were injured throughout the region. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 on the Richter scale. After the earthquake, local residents reported a mixture of water and sediments fountaining from the Earth. These effects, referred to as dewatering, can result from intense ground shaking by strong earthquakes in regions with shallow water tables. These two false-color MISR images were acquired before and after the event, on January 15 and 31, respectively. Posted on: 02 Apr, 2003

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