2001 Gujarat Earthquake?
What caused the Gujarat earthquake? It wasn’t near any plate boundaries, so how did it happen?????
It happened because of tectonic plates releasing pressure in the area after a collision margin took place. A collision margin is where two continental plates collide and begin to rub, creating lots of pressure, until eventually it is released and creates an earthquake.
The earthquake is considered an intraplate earthquake because it occurred a great distance from any plate boundary, where the theory of plate tectonics says most earthquakes of this size happen. Because of this, this area was not completely prepared for an earthquake of such size.
‘India Earthquake’ DEC Appeal, Meera Syal, 2001, ITN