The Kutch District of modern-day Gujarat lies 3 – 400 km from the plate boundary between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate , but the current tectonics is still governed by the effects of the continuing continental collision along this boundary . During the break-up of Gondwana in the Jurassic period , this area was affected by rifting with a roughly west – east trend . During the collision with Eurasia the area has undergone shortening , involving both reactivation of the original rift faults and development of new low-angle thrust faults . The related folding has formed a series of ranges , particularly in central Kutch . The focal mechanism of most earthquakes is consistent with reverse faulting on reactivated rift faults . The 2001 Gujarat earthquake was caused by movement on a previously unknown south-dipping fault , trending parallel to the inferred rift structures
2001 Gujarat earthquake
2001 Gujarat earthquake
1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake