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	~~{{Portal\|India\|Pakistan\|Earth sciences}}~~
	* [[Earthquake zones of India]]		* [[Earthquake zones of India]]
	* [[List of earthquakes in 2001]]		* [[List of earthquakes in 2001]]

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	\| type = [[Fault (geology)#Oblique-slip faults\|Oblique-slip]]		\| type = [[Fault (geology)#Oblique-slip faults\|Oblique-slip]],<br>[[Intraplate earthquake\|Intraplate]]
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	The '''2001 Gujarat earthquake''', also known as the Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 January, India's 52nd [[Republic Day (India)\|Republic Day]], at {{tooltip\|08:46 am IST\|03:16 UTC}}. The [[epicentre]] was about 9 km south-southwest of the village of [[Chobari]] in [[Bhachau]] [[Taluka]] of [[Kutch]] District of [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref>Gupta, ~~HARSH~~ K., et al. "Bhuj earthquake of 26 January 2001." ~~JOURNAL~~-~~GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA~~ 57.3 (2001): 275–278.</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/15-years-of-Gujarat-earthquake-A-trauma-etched-in-Gujarats-memory/articleshow/50730183.cms\|title=15 years of Gujarat earthquake: A trauma etched in Gujarat's memory\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref>		The '''2001 Gujarat earthquake''', also known as the '''Bhuj earthquake''', occurred on 26 January, India's 52nd [[Republic Day (India)\|Republic Day]], at {{tooltip\|08:46 am IST\|03:16 UTC}}. The [[epicentre]] was about 9 km south-southwest of the village of [[Chobari]] in [[Bhachau]] [[Taluka]] of [[Kutch]] District of [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref>Gupta, Harsh K., et al. "Bhuj earthquake of 26 January 2001." Journal-Geological Society of India 57.3 (2001): 275–278.</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/15-years-of-Gujarat-earthquake-A-trauma-etched-in-Gujarats-memory/articleshow/50730183.cms\|title=15 years of Gujarat earthquake: A trauma etched in Gujarat's memory\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref>

	The [[intraplate earthquake]] ~~reached~~ 7.7 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] and had a maximum felt intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the [[Mercalli intensity scale]]. The earthquake killed between 13,805 and 20,023 people (including 18 in southeastern [[Pakistan]]), injured another 167,000 and destroyed nearly 340,000 buildings.<ref name="USGS">{{cite web\|title=Preliminary Earthquake Report \|publisher=USGS Earthquake Hazards Program \|url=http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ \|access-date=21 November 2007\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120094220/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ \|archive-date=20 November 2007 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Sen\|first=Kavita\|title=Economic consequences of the Gujarat earthquake\|url=https://www.academia.edu/4617331}}</ref>		The [[intraplate earthquake]] measured 7.7 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] and had a maximum felt intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the [[Mercalli intensity scale]]. The [[earthquake]] killed between 13,805 and 20,023 people (including 18 in southeastern [[Pakistan]]), injured another 167,000 and destroyed nearly 340,000 buildings.<ref name="USGS">{{cite web\|title=Preliminary Earthquake Report \|publisher=USGS Earthquake Hazards Program \|url=http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ \|access-date=21 November 2007\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120094220/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ \|archive-date=20 November 2007 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Sen\|first=Kavita\|title=Economic consequences of the Gujarat earthquake\|url=https://www.academia.edu/4617331}}</ref>

	==Tectonic setting==		==Tectonic setting==
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	[[File: Smritivan 2001 Gujarat earthquake memorial garden in Bhuj, Gujarat, India.jpg\|thumb\|Smritivan\|right]]		[[File: Smritivan 2001 Gujarat earthquake memorial garden in Bhuj, Gujarat, India.jpg\|thumb\|Smritivan\|right]]
	''Smritivan'', a memorial park and museum dedicated to victims of the earthquake is being built on top of [[Bhujia Hill]]. 13,823 trees, each dedicated to a victim, were planted in the garden and 108 small water reservoirs were created on the hill.<ref name=Ray>{{cite news\|title=Gujarat to set up quake memorial in Bhuj\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gujarat-to-set-up-quake-memorial-in-bhuj-104041601028_1.html\|first=Joydeep\|last=Ray\|date=16 April 2004\|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/modi-to-inaugurate-first-phase-of-smriti-van-kutch-earthquake-memorial-in-jan-2019/articlecontent-pf34359-2810583.html \|title = Modi to inaugurate first phase of 'Smriti Van' Kutch earthquake memorial in Jan 2019\|date = 20 November 2018}}</ref>		''Smritivan'', a memorial park and museum dedicated to victims of the earthquake is being built on top of [[Bhujia Hill]].{{when\|date=June 2022}} 13,823 trees, each dedicated to a victim, were planted in the garden and 108 small water reservoirs were created on the hill.<ref name=Ray>{{cite news\|title=Gujarat to set up quake memorial in Bhuj\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gujarat-to-set-up-quake-memorial-in-bhuj-104041601028_1.html\|first=Joydeep\|last=Ray\|date=16 April 2004\|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/modi-to-inaugurate-first-phase-of-smriti-van-kutch-earthquake-memorial-in-jan-2019/articlecontent-pf34359-2810583.html \|title = Modi to inaugurate first phase of 'Smriti Van' Kutch earthquake memorial in Jan 2019\|date = 20 November 2018}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
			{{Portal\|India\|Pakistan\|Earth sciences}}
	* [[Earthquake zones of India]]		* [[Earthquake zones of India]]
	* [[List of earthquakes in 2001]]		* [[List of earthquakes in 2001]]
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| title = 2001 Gujarat earthquake
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| magnitude = 7.7 [[moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asc-india.org/lib/20010126-kachchh.htm |title=M7.7 Bhuj " Republic Day " Earthquake, 2001 |access-date=18 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200051/http://asc-india.org/lib/20010126-kachchh.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| intensity = {{MMI|X}}
| type = [[Fault (geology)#Oblique-slip faults|Oblique-slip]]
| depth = {{Convert|16|km|mi|0}}
| duration = 22 seconds
| location = {{Coord|23.419|N|70.232|E|}}<ref name="NGDC">{{cite web|url=http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=5589&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display|title=Comments for the Significant Earthquake|last=NGDC|access-date=27 January 2011}}</ref>
| countries affected = India, Pakistan
| casualties = 13,805–20,023 dead<ref name=Ray/><ref name="PAGER-CAT"/> <br> ~ 166,800 injured<ref name="PAGER-CAT"/>
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The '''2001 Gujarat earthquake''', also known as the Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 January, India's 52nd [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]], at {{tooltip|08:46 am IST|03:16 UTC}}. The [[epicentre]] was about 9 km south-southwest of the village of [[Chobari]] in [[Bhachau]] [[Taluka]] of [[Kutch]] District of [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref>Gupta, HARSH K., et al. "Bhuj earthquake of 26 January 2001." JOURNAL-GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA 57.3 (2001): 275–278.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/15-years-of-Gujarat-earthquake-A-trauma-etched-in-Gujarats-memory/articleshow/50730183.cms|title=15 years of Gujarat earthquake: A trauma etched in Gujarat's memory|work=The Times of India|access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref>

The [[intraplate earthquake]] reached 7.7 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] and had a maximum felt intensity of X (''Extreme'') on the [[Mercalli intensity scale]]. The earthquake killed between 13,805 and 20,023 people (including 18 in southeastern [[Pakistan]]), injured another 167,000 and destroyed nearly 340,000 buildings.<ref name="USGS">{{cite web|title=Preliminary Earthquake Report |publisher=USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |url=http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ |access-date=21 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120094220/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2001/eq_010126/ |archive-date=20 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sen|first=Kavita|title=Economic consequences of the Gujarat earthquake|url=https://www.academia.edu/4617331}}</ref>

==Tectonic setting==
{{See also|Geology of India}}
[[Gujarat]] lies 300–400 km from the plate boundary between the [[Indian Plate]] and the [[Eurasian Plate]], but the current tectonics are still governed by the effects of the continuing [[continental collision]] along this boundary. During the break-up of [[Gondwana]] in the [[Jurassic]], this area was affected by [[rift]]ing with a roughly west–east trend. During the collision with Eurasia the area has undergone shortening, involving both reactivation of the original rift [[fault (geology)|fault]]s and development of new low-angle [[thrust fault]]s. The related [[fold (geology)|folding]] has formed a series of ranges, particularly in central Kutch.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Maurya|first1=D. M.|last2=Chowksey|first2=Vikas|last3=Patidar|first3=A. K.|last4=Chamyal|first4=L. S.|title=A review and new data on neotectonic evolution of active faults in the Kachchh Basin, Western India: legacy of post-Deccan Trap tectonic inversion|journal=Geological Society, London, Special Publications|volume=445|issue=1|pages=237–268|doi=10.1144/sp445.7|year=2017|bibcode=2017GSLSP.445..237M|s2cid=132318339}}</ref>

The [[focal mechanism]] of most earthquakes is consistent with reverse faulting on [[inversion (geology)|reactivated]] rift faults. The pattern of uplift and subsidence associated with the [[1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake]] is consistent with reactivation of such a fault.

The 2001 Gujarat earthquake was caused by movement on a previously unknown south-dipping fault, trending parallel to the inferred rift structures.<ref name="Bodin">{{cite journal|last=Bodin|first=P.|author2=Horton S.|year=2004|title=Source Parameters and Tectonic Implications of Aftershocks of the Mw 7.6 Bhuj Earthquake of 26 January 2001|journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America|publisher=[[Seismological Society of America]]|volume=94|issue=3|pages=818–827|url=http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/people/shorton/AFTERSHOCK/bhuj1.pdf|access-date=2 April 2012|bibcode = 2004BuSSA..94..818B |doi = 10.1785/0120030176 }}</ref><ref name="Li Liu Yang pp. 255–264">{{cite book | last1=Li | first1=Qingsong | last2=Liu | first2=Mian | last3=Yang | first3=Youqing | title=Plate Boundary Zones | journal=Geodynamics Series | chapter=The 01/26/2001 Bhuj, India, Earthquake: Intraplate or Interplate? | publisher=American Geophysical Union | date=17 March 2013 | isbn=978-1-118-67044-6 | issn=2329-1540 | doi=10.1029/gd030p0255 | pages=255–264}}</ref>

==Effects==
The death toll in the [[Kutch District|Kutch]] region was 12,300. [[Bhuj]], which was situated only 20 km away from the epicentre, was devastated. Considerable damage also occurred in [[Bhachau]] and [[Anjar, India|Anjar]] with hundreds of villages flattened in Taluka of Anjar, Bhuj and Bhachau. Over one million structures were damaged or destroyed, including many historic buildings and tourist attractions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rms.com/publications/Bhuj_EQ_Report.pdf |title=Interdisciplinary Observations on The January 2001 Bhuj, Gujarat Earthquake |access-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226144339/http://www.rms.com/publications/Bhuj_EQ_Report.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The quake destroyed around 40% of homes, eight schools, two hospitals and 4 km of road in Bhuj, and partly destroyed the city's historic [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bhuj|Swaminarayan temple]] and historic forts, [[Prag Mahal]] and [[Aina Mahal]]. The [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage|Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage]] (INTACH) inspected more than 250 heritage buildings in Kutch and Saurashtra and found that about 40% of them are either collapsed or seriously damaged. Only 10% were undamaged.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rabindra|first1=Vasavada|last2=Edmund|first2=Booth|year=2001|title=Effect of the Bhuj, India earthquake of 26 January 2001 on heritage buildings|url=https://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-21244|journal=Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Archäologie|volume=21|issn=0170-9518}}</ref>

In [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat's commercial capital with a population of approximately 7 million (according to data in 2018), as many as 50 multi-storey buildings collapsed and several hundred people were killed. Total property damage was estimated at $7.5 billion. In Kutch, the earthquake destroyed about 60% of food and water supplies and around 258,000 houses, 90% of the district's housing stock. The biggest setback was the total demolition of the Bhuj Civil hospital. The [[Indian Armed Forces|Indian military]] provided emergency support which was later augmented by the [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society]]. A temporary [[Red Cross]] hospital remained in Bhuj to provide care while a replacement hospital was built.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_wqqxXqv7EC&pg=PA3|title=Gujarat (Kutch), India, M7.7 Earthquake of January 26, 2001, and Napa M5.2 Earthquake of September 3, 2000|last=Eidinger|first=John M.|date=2001|publisher=ASCE Publications|isbn=9780784475065}}</ref>

== Reconstruction ==
Four months after the earthquake the [[Government of Gujarat|Gujarat government]] announced the Gujarat Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Policy. The policy proposed a different approach to urban and rural construction with the estimated cost of rebuilding to be US$1.77 billion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AylYZrXQDJwC&pg=PA35|title=Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters|last=Jha|first=Abhas K.|date=2010|publisher=World Bank Publications|isbn=9780821382684}}</ref>

The main objectives of the policy included repairing, building, and strengthening houses and public buildings. Other objectives included the revival of the economy, health support, and reconstruction of the community and social infrastructure.<ref name=":0" />

=== Housing ===
The housing policies focused on the removal of rubble, setting up temporary shelters, full reconstruction of damaged houses, and the [[retrofitting]] of undamaged units. The policy established a community-driven housing recovery process. The communities affected by the earthquake were given the option for complete or partial relocation to [[In situ|in-situ]] reconstruction.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AylYZrXQDJwC&pg=PA36|title=Safer Homes, Stronger Communities: A Handbook for Reconstructing after Natural Disasters|last=Jha|first=Abhas K.|date=2010|publisher=World Bank Publications|isbn=9780821382684}}</ref> The total number of eligible houses to be repaired was 929,682 and the total number of eligible houses to be reconstructed was 213,685. By 2003, 882,896 (94%) houses were repaired and 113,271 (53%) were reconstructed.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.adrc.asia/publications/recovery_reports/pdf/Gujarat.pdf|title=The Gujarat Earthquake 2001|last=Sinha|first=Anil|year=2003|website=Asian Disaster Reduction Center|publisher=Asian Disaster Reduction Center|access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>

=== City planning ===
The Environmental Planning Collaborative (EPC) was commissioned to provide a new city plan for the city of [[Bhuj]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Byahut|first=Sweta|date=Fall 2014|title=Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Planning Using Land Readjustment in Bhuj (India)|journal=Journal of the American Planning Association|volume=80|issue=4|page=440|doi=10.1080/01944363.2014.989132|s2cid=154043360|via=Academic Search Complete}}</ref> The plan focused on creating a wider roadway network to provide emergency access to the city. The EPC used land readjustment (LR) in the form of eight town planning schemes.<ref name=":1" /> This was implemented by deducting land from private lot sizes to create adequate public land for the widening of roadways.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Byahut|first1=Sweta|last2=Mittal|first2=Jay|year=2016|title=Using Land Readjustment in Rebuilding the Earthquake-Damaged City of Bhuj, India|journal=Journal of Urban Planning and Development|volume=143|page=05016012|doi=10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000354}}</ref> The remaining land was readjusted and given back to the original owners as final plots.<ref name=":1" />

== Relief ==
[[File:Hinduja Hospital's Medical Relief Camp at Bhuj after the 2001 Gujarat Earthquakes.jpg|thumb|[[Hinduja Hospital]]'s relief camp at Bhuj]]
[[File: U.S. Air Force personnel unload relief supplies destined for earthquake victims in India from a C-5A Galaxy at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.JPG|thumb|[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] personnel preparing relief supplies on 3 February 2001.]]

In order to support the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the city, the [[Government of Gujarat]] created four assistance packages worth up to US$1 billion. These packages assisted about 300,000 families. The government also announced a US$2.5 million package to revive small, medium, and cottage industries. [[The World Bank]] and the [[Asian Development Bank]] also provided loans worth $300 million and $500 million, respectively.<ref name=":2" />

Assistance was offered from many countries and organisations.
{| class="wikitable"
|+International assistance<ref name=":2" />
!Country
!Relief Offered
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|US$550,000
|-
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|20,000 tons of rice and a 12-member medical team
|-
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|US$920,000
|-
|{{flag|Canada}}
|US$2 million
|-
|{{flag|China}}
|US$602,000
|-
|{{flag|Greece}}
|US$270,000 in financial aid relief supplies
|-
|{{flag|Israel}}
|150 member emergency aid mission
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}
|US$2.3 million for emergency equipment
|-
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|US$250,000
|-
|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|US$2.5 million through [[UNICEF]]
|-
|{{flag|New Zealand}}
|US$200,000 grant
|-
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|13 tons of relief material such as blankets and food
|-
|{{flag|Syria}}
|Medical and other relief supplies
|-
|{{flag|Taiwan}}
|US$100,000
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|£10 million
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
|Relief supplies up to US$5 million
|-
|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

{{flag|Vietnam}}

{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|Relief material and supplies
|-
|{{flag|Nepal}}
|Relief materials and financial aid
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Assistance from organisations<ref name=":2" />
!Organisations
!Relief Given
|-
|[[American Red Cross]] of [[Central New Jersey]]
|Grant program of US$10,000 with all proceeds going to the [[American Red Cross]] Indian Earthquake Relief Fund
|-
|[[CARE (relief agency)|CARE International]]
|Relief Materials
|-
|[[HelpAge India]]
|Relief materials to rural areas and [[Mobile hospital|Mobile Medicare Units]] (MMUs)
|-
|[[Oxfam]]
|Food distribution. shelters, temporary bathing facilities, and relief materials
|-
|[[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement]]
|£10 million, 350-bed hospital, water and sanitation units, [[telecommunication]]s team, and a [[British Red Cross]] logistics team
|-
|[[World Health Organization]]
|US$1.2 million
|-
|Technisches Hilfswerk (THW)
|Rehabilitation of Water Supply & Storage for Villages nearby Bhachau.
|-
|Department of International Development (DFID-UK)
|Financing of Relief funds for local and international NGO working on Relief works in rural Kutch.
|}

==Memorial==
[[File: Smritivan 2001 Gujarat earthquake memorial garden in Bhuj, Gujarat, India.jpg|thumb|Smritivan|right]]
''Smritivan'', a memorial park and museum dedicated to victims of the earthquake is being built on top of [[Bhujia Hill]]. 13,823 trees, each dedicated to a victim, were planted in the garden and 108 small water reservoirs were created on the hill.<ref name=Ray>{{cite news|title=Gujarat to set up quake memorial in Bhuj|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gujarat-to-set-up-quake-memorial-in-bhuj-104041601028_1.html|first=Joydeep|last=Ray|date=16 April 2004|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/modi-to-inaugurate-first-phase-of-smriti-van-kutch-earthquake-memorial-in-jan-2019/articlecontent-pf34359-2810583.html |title = Modi to inaugurate first phase of 'Smriti Van' Kutch earthquake memorial in Jan 2019|date = 20 November 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Earthquake zones of India]]
* [[List of earthquakes in 2001]]
* [[List of earthquakes in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="PAGER-CAT">{{citation|title=PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/PAGER_CAT_v2.zip|author=USGS|date=4 September 2009|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|series=Version 2008_06.1}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|2001 Gujarat earthquake}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200051/http://asc-india.org/lib/20010126-kachchh.htm M7.7 Bhuj "Republic Day" Earthquake, 2001] – Amateur Seismic Centre
*[http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/Gujarat2001.html 26 January 2001 Bhuj earthquake, Gujarat, India] – University of Colorado
*[http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ramesh/gujrat/gujarat.htm Gujarat Earthquake of January 26, 2001] – [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/idfonline/albums/72157638040076306 Israel Defence Forces relief efforts]
*{{EQ-isc-link|1763683}}
*{{ReliefWeb-link|eq-2001-0033-ind}}

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