Allah Bund

The 'Dam of God', a 60-mile uplifted ridge across the Great Rann of Kutch created by the 16 June 1819 Kutch earthquake (estimated moment magnitude 7.8-8.3), one of the largest intraplate earthquakes recorded in India. The surface uplift of about 6 metres along the Kori Creek dammed the Nara Nadi (the historical Indus delta distributary flowing through Sindh to the Rann), reshaping the Indus's lower course and the Sindh-Kutch landscape permanently. The earthquake and the Allah Bund were among the first large seismic events documented by colonial scientists — Captain McMurdo's 1824 report and Charles Lyell's 1830 Principles of Geology both discussed it. The ridge is still visible as a 2-metre scarp.