8. Gujarat earthquake 2001
The disaster hit Gujarat on 26th January, 2001 at 8.46 am and lasted for 2 minutes.
The 7.6 Richter scale quake, caused 20,000 deaths while 167,000 were injured.
Nearly, 400,000 homes were demolished.
9. Tsunami 2004
With the magnitude of 9.1–9.3, it was the third largest earthquake of the world recorded ever. Almost 227,898 people died.
The earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes.
Experts say the earthquake that caused tsunami was so powerful that its impact can be equated to the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs.
The huge waves of tsunami killed lakhs of people in South India, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
10. Uttarakhand floods 2013
The huge cloudburst caused flash floods and landslides that struck Uttarakhand from 14 June to 17 June, 2013. More than 5,700 people were assumed dead.
More than 1,00,000 pilgrims were trapped in the valleys leading to Kedarnath shrine.
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