A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819_Rann_of_Kutch_earthquake" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake">major earthquake</a> strikes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch_district" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kutch district">Kutch district</a> of western India, killing over 1,543 people and raising a <span about="#mwt29" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"6"},"2":{"wt":"m"},"3":{"wt":"ft"},"adj":{"wt":"mid"},"4":{"wt":"-high"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwgA" typeof="mw:Transclusion">6-metre-high (20</span><span about="#mwt29" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt29">ft)</span>, <span about="#mwt30" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"6"},"2":{"wt":"km"},"3":{"wt":"mi"},"adj":{"wt":"mid"},"4":{"wt":"-wide"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwgQ" typeof="mw:Transclusion">6-kilometre-wide (3.7</span><span about="#mwt30" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt30">mi)</span>, ridge, extending for at least <span about="#mwt31" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"80"},"2":{"wt":"km"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwgg" typeof="mw:Transclusion">80 kilometres (50</span><span about="#mwt31" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt31">mi)</span>, that was known as the Allah Bund ("Dam of God").<sup about="#mwt35" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_16#cite_note-5" id="mwgw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwhA">[5]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"><cite about="#mwt32" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBvU"><a class="external text" href="http://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/Publications/MetamorphosisofIndus.pdf" id="mwBvY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Anthropocene Metamorphosis of the Indus Delta and Lower Floodplain"</a> <span class="cs1-format" id="mwBvc">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBvg">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBvk">22 December</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt32" class="Z3988" id="mwBvo" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Anthropocene+Metamorphosis+of+the+Indus+Delta+and+Lower+Floodplain&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ffloodobservatory.colorado.edu%2FPublications%2FMetamorphosisofIndus.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+16"></span></span>