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India
- Location
- Year
- Disaster
- Boxes sent
- People helped
- Gujarat
- 2001
- Earthquake
- 143
- 1,430
The first ShelterBoxes ever deployed were sent to Gujarat following a huge earthquake in January 2001. Measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale this was the largest quake to hit India since the 18th century. Around 20,000 people were killed and an estimated 1,000,000 buildings destroyed.
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