List of earthquakes in India explained

The Indian subcontinent has a history of earthquakes. The reason for the intensity and high frequency of earthquakes is the Indian plate driving into Asia at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year. The following is a list of major earthquakes which have occurred in India, including those with epicentres outside India that caused significant damage or casualties in the country.

Earthquakes

The list pertains to the Indian Republic since 1947, and the Indian subcontinent before that.

Date	Location	Magnitude	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Total damage / notes
2023-11-03	North-India, Nepal	5.7 Mw	VIII	153	375	Buildings damaged, all casualties in Nepal	^[1] ^[2]
2022-07-28	Baikunthpur, Chhattisgarh	4.6	IV		5	Minor	^[3] ^[4]
2021-04-28	Assam	6.0	VII	2	12	Moderate damage	^[5] ^[6]
2019-07-24	Maharashtra	4.1	IV	1	1	Minor	^[7] ^[8]
2018-09-12	Assam	5.3	VI	1	25		^[9]
2017-02-06	Uttarakhand	5.1	IV		1		^[10]
2017-01-03	India, Bangladesh	5.7 Mw	V	3	8
2016-01-04	India, Myanmar, Bangladesh	6.7 Mw	VII	11	200
2015-10-26		7.7 Mw	VII	399	2,536
2015-05-12	Nepal, India	7.3 Mw	VIII	218	3,500+
2015-04-25	Nepal, India	7.8 Mw	X	8,964	21,952	$10 billion
2014-05-21	offshore Odisha	6.0 Mw	IV	2	250	Buildings damaged/Power outages	^[11]
2013-05-01	Kashmir	5.7 Mw		3	90	$19.5 million
2012-03-05	Delhi	5.2 Mw	V		5		^[12]
2011-10-29	Sikkim	3.5 Mw	III	2			^[13]
2011-09-18	Gangtok, Sikkim	6.9 Mw	VII	>111
2011-09-07	Delhi	4.3 Mw	V		1	Minor damage	^[14]
2010-03-30	Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar Islands	6.6 Mw	VI		10	Buildings damaged	^[15] ^[16]
2009-08-10		7.5 Mw	VIII			Tsunami warning issued
2009-03-26	Jharkhand	4.1 Mw	V		5	Buildings damaged	^[17]
2008-09-16	Satara district, Maharashtra	5.0	VI	1	20	1,500 buildings damaged.	^[18]
2008-02-06	West Bengal	4.3 Mb		1	50	Buildings damaged
2007-11-06	Gujarat	5.1 Mw	V	1	5	Buildings damaged	^[19]
2006-11-29	Alwar district, Rajasthan	4.0 Mw		1	2	Minor damage to property	^[20]
2006-03-07	Gujarat	5.5 Mw	VI		7	Buildings damaged	^[21]
2006-02-14	Sikkim	5.3 Mw	V	2	2	Landslide	^[22]
2005-12-14	Uttarakhand	5.1 Mw	VI	1	3	Building destroyed	^[23]
2005-10-08	Kashmir	7.6 Mw	VIII	86,000–87,351	69,000–75,266	2.8 million displaced
2002-09-13	Andaman Islands	6.5 Mw		2		Destructive tsunami
2001-09-25	offshore Tamil Nadu	5.2 Mw	V	3		Minor damage	^[24] ^[25]
2001-01-26	Gujarat	7.7 Mw	X	13,805–20,023	~166,800	$10 billion
1999-03-29	Chamoli district-Uttarakhand	6.8 Mw	VIII	~103
1997-11-21	Bangladesh, India	6.1 Mw		23	200
1997-05-22	Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh	5.8 Mw	VIII	38–56	1,000–1,500	$37–143 million
1993-09-30	Latur, Maharashtra	6.2 Mw	VIII	9,748	30,000
1991-10-20	Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand	6.8 Mw	IX	768–2,000	1,383–1,800
1988-08-21	Udayapur, Nepal	6.9 Mw	VIII	709–1,450
1988-08-06	Myanmar, India	7.3 Mw	VII	3	12		^[26]
1988-02-06	Bangladesh, India	5.9 Mw		2	100		^[27]
1986-04-26	India, Pakistan	5.3 Ms		6	30	Severe damage
1984-12-30	Cachar district	5.6 Mb		20	100	Severe damage
1982-01-20	Little Nicobar	6.3 Ms			Some	Moderate damage
1980-08-23	Kashmir	4.8 Ms		Few		Limited damage / doublet
1980-08-23	Kashmir	4.9 Ms		15	40	Moderate damage / doublet
1980-07-29	Nepal, Pithoragarh district	6.5 Ms		200	Many	$245 million
1975-01-19	Himachal Pradesh	6.8 Ms	IX	47
1970-03-23	Bharuch district	5.4 Mb		26	200	Moderate damage
1967-12-11	Maharashtra	6.6 Mw	VIII	177–180	2,272	$400,000
1966-08-15	North India	5.6		15		Limited damage
1966-06-27	Nepal, India	5.3 Ms	VIII	80	100	$1 million
1963-09-02	Kashmir	5.3		80		Moderate damage
1960-08-27	North India					Moderate damage
1956-07-21	Gujarat	6.1 Ms	IX	115	254
1954-03-21	India, Myanmar	7.4 Ms				Moderate damage
1950-08-15	Assam, Tibet	8.6 Mw	XI	1,500–3,300
1947-07-29	India, China	7.3 Mw
1941-06-26	Andaman Islands	7.7–8.1 Mw		8,000		Destructive tsunami
1935-05-31	Quetta, Baluchistan	7.7 Mw	X	30,000–60,000
1934-01-15	Nepal	8.0 Mw	XI	6,000–10,700
1932-08-14	Assam, Myanmar	7.0 Ms				Moderate damage
1930-07-02	Assam	7.1 Mw	IX
1905-04-04	Kangra	7.8 Ms	IX	>20,000
1897-06-12	Shillong, India	8.0 Mw	X	1,542
1885-06-06	Kashmir					Severe damage
1885-05-30	Srinagar			3,000		Extreme damage
1881-12-31	Andaman Islands	7.9 Mw	VII			Significant in seismology
1869-01-10	Assam, Cachar	7.4 Mw	VII	2		Severe damage
1845-06-19	Rann of Kutch	6.3 Ms	VIII	Few		Limited damage / tsunami
1843-04-01	Deccan Plateau					Moderate damage
1833-08-26	Bihar, Kathmandu	8.0 Ms				Severe damage
1828-06-06	Kashmir			1,000		Severe damage
1819-06-16	Gujarat	7.7–8.2 Mw	XI	>1,543		Formed the Allah Bund
1803-09-01	Uttarakhand	7.8 Mw	IX	300		Severe damage
1618-05-26	Bombay		IX	2,000		Severe damage
1555-09-??	Kashmir Valley, Kashmir	7.6–8.0		600–60,000
1505-06-06	Saldang, Karnali zone	8.2–8.8		6,000
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, detrimental, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

• Earthquake zones of India
• Geology of India

References

Sources

External links

• Earthquake Reports, India Meteorological Department (on line)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-11-04 . Earthquake Today Nepal Earthquake News Live: Death toll rises to 69 as strong quake rocks northwestern Nepal, termors felt in Delhi . 2023-11-04 . The Times of India . en.
2. News: 2023-11-04 . Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Nepal; tremors felt in Delhi, NCR . The Economic Times . 2023-11-04 . 0013-0389.
3. Web site: M 4.6 - 16 km NNW of Baikunthpur, India . . 10 August 2022 . 28 July 2022.
4. Web site: 8 November 2022 . M 5.6 - 21 km E of Dipayal, Nepal .
5. Web site: M 6.0 - 9 km NNW of Dhekiajuli, India. 2021-04-28. earthquake.usgs.gov.
6. Web site: Assam Earthquake: 6.4 magnitude quake, 7 aftershocks jolt Northeast, tremors felt in Bengal. 2021-04-28. India Today. en.
7. Web site: 1 killed as 4 earthquakes hit Maharashtra's Palghar in 12 minutes. 2019-07-25. Hindustan Times. en. 2019-07-25.
8. Web site: M 4.1 - 25 km WSW of Shirgaon, India. United States Geological Survey. en. 2022-01-27.
9. Web site: M 5.3 - 5km NE of Sapatgrām, India. earthquake.usgs.gov. 2018-09-12.
10. Web site: M 5.1 - 36km NW of Pipalkoti, India. United States Geological Survey. May 10, 2022. February 6, 2017.
11. Web site: M 6.0 - 276 km SE of Kon?rka, India. United States Geological Survey. en. 2022-04-04.
12. Web site: Quake jolts Delhi and surrounding areas, 5 injured . 5 March 2012 .
13. Web site: M 3.5 - 15 km NNE of Gangtok, India. U.S. Geological Survey. en. 2022-03-21.
14. Web site: M 4.3 - 6 km NE of Pitampura, India. U.S. Geological Survey. en. 2022-03-21.
15. Web site:

    ASC :: 30 March 2010, M6.6 West Island (Andaman Islands) India Earthquake

    . asc-india.org. en-IN. 2022-03-21.
16. Web site: M 6.6 - 217 km N of Bamboo Flat, India. 2010-03-30. U.S. Geological Survey. en. 2022-03-21.
17. Web site: M 4.1 - 19 km SSE of Ch??b?sa, India. asc-india.org. en. 2022-03-21.
18. Web site: M 5.0 - 7 km NNE of Patan, India. earthquake.usgs.gov.
19. Web site: M 5.1 - Gujarat, India. USGS. United States Geological Survey.
20. Web site: M4.0 Alwar Earthquake (Rajasthan), India. ASC. 2019-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080610112412/http://asc-india.org/lib/20061129-alwar.htm. 2008-06-10. dead.
21. Web site: M 5.5 - Gujarat, India. USGS. United States Geological Survey.
22. Web site: M 5.3 - Sikkim, India. USGS. United States Geological Survey.
23. Web site: M 5.1 - Uttaranchal, India. USGS. United States Geological Survey.
24. Web site:

    ASC :: 25 September 2001, M5.5 Puducherry (Pondicherry) Earthquake

    . ASC. 2022-03-21.
25. Web site: M 5.2 - 39 km SE of Marakkanam, India. USGS. United States Geological Survey.
26. Web site: M 7.3 - Myanmar. USGS. United States Geological Survey.
27. Web site: M 5.9 - India-Bangladesh border region. USGS. United States Geological Survey.