Go Here for India/Pakistan Earthquake, January 2001
Kosamgat was the epicenter of the quake. Since then, many people have been living under the sky.
Japalpur means "the city of the rocks." Jabalpur resident, Dr. J. S. Murthy, of the Methodist Church of India, took camera in hand the
night an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale shook apart much of the city of Jabalpur
and surrounding areas. The damage that a 52-second earthquake can cause is brought home in
this moving photo essay. Two of the photos in this article are shown on this page:
The open staircase is all that is left for Ram Bai and her family living at Marhotaal, a suburb of Japalpur.
Help for Jabalpur can be given through UMCOR, Special Disaster Response, International: #982450-8.
The photographs were taken by Dr. J. S. Murthy, the author of the article. All photographs are copyright © The General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church and courtesy, New World Outlook magazine.
