26th January 2001 - An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Gujarat, India, leaving an estimated 200,000 people dead. Entire villages in districts like Bhuj, Rapar, Bhachau, Rapar, Anjar, Morbi-Maliya, Patan, Banaskantha and Mehsana, that once housed thousands of people, have hundreds dead and in some not a single building standing. Some 500,000 people are estimated to be homeless.