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This
page lists select earthquakes in south Asia i.e India,
Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan & the
Maldives. These events have been chosen on the basis of their
magnitude or their reported intensity; the latter especially the
case with historical earthquakes. The coloured dots indicate the
size of the earthquake:
Black=M8+,
Red=M7.0-7.9 and
Blue=below
6.9. A
clickable map of this listing is
also available. Bear in mind that dates given on this page are in
UTC. Check the relevant page for the corresponding date in local
time. Events from the year 2000 and onward are
separately listed. |
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Date |
M |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Location |
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6 June 1505 |
~8.2 |
29.50 |
83.00 |
Lo-Mustang, Nepal-China
border |
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1668 |
- |
- |
- |
Samawani, Sindh |
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16 June 1819 |
8.2 |
23.00 |
69.00 |
Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat |
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26 August 1833 |
7.6 |
27.70 |
85.50 |
Nepal-Bihar border region |
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19 February 1842 |
7.7 |
34.70 |
71.00 |
Alignar Valley,
Afghanistan |
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11 Novemebr 1842 |
6.8 |
- |
- |
Pabna, Bangladesh |
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1 April 1843 |
6.4 |
15.50 |
77.00 |
Ballari (Bellary), Karnataka |
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31 October 1847 |
~7.5 |
- |
- |
Near Kondul Island, Nicobar Islands |
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24 January 1852 |
6.6 |
29.30 |
68.60 |
Kahun, Balochistan |
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10 January 1869 |
7.4 |
25.50 |
93.00 |
Cachar-Manipur region |
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25 October 1876 |
(V) |
- |
- |
Secunderabad area, Andhra Pradesh |
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2 March 1878 |
6.8 |
34.00 |
73.20 |
Hazara, North West Frontier Province |
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31 December 1881 |
~7.9 |
- |
- |
Car Nicobar Island, Nicobar Islands |
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15 December 1882 |
(VI) |
- |
- |
Mount Abu region,
Rajasthan |
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30 May 1885 |
6.3 |
31.40 |
74.60 |
Kashmir Valley, Jammu &
Kashmir |
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14 July 1885 |
6.8 |
24.50 |
90.00 |
Near Sirajganj,
Bangladesh |
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20 December 1892 |
6.2 |
30.90 |
66.50 |
Chaman, Balochistan |
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12 June 1897 |
8.1 |
25.50 |
91.00 |
Shillong Plateau,
Meghalaya |
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8 February 1900 |
(VII) |
- |
- |
Coimbatore-Nilgiri region, Tamil Nadu |
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2 April 1905 |
(VI) |
- |
- |
Ongole region, Andhra Pradesh |
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4 April 1905 |
7.8 |
32.10 |
76.40 |
Kangra-Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh |
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4 April 1905 |
~7.5 |
~29.00 |
~78.70 |
Dehradun-Naini Tal region, Uttarakhand |
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26 September 1905 |
6.5 |
30.30 |
69.90 |
Khan Mohammed Kot, Balochistan |
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28 February 1906 |
6.4 |
31.50 |
77.50 |
Bashahr, Himachal Pradesh |
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15 August 1906 |
6.2 |
25.00 |
71.00 |
Rajasthan-Sindh border |
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29 September 1906 |
(VI) |
- |
- |
Nadia-Ranaghat, West Bengal |
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12 July 1907 |
5.6 |
25.00 |
70.00 |
Tharpakar, Sindh |
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20 October 1909 |
7.1 |
30.00 |
68.00 |
Kachhi Plain, Balochistan |
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6 February 1914 |
~5.8 |
29.00 |
65.00 |
Dalbadin, Balochistan |
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30 April 1914 |
5.5 |
30.00 |
74.00 |
Punjab-Rajasthan border |
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15 March 1915 |
5.5 |
32.00 |
73.00 |
North Punjab |
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28 August 1916 |
7.2 |
30.00 |
81.00 |
Byas Rikhi, Far-Western Nepal |
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8 July 1918 |
7.1 |
24.50 |
91.80 |
Srimongal (Srimangal), Bangladesh |
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9 September 1923 |
7.0 |
24.94 |
90.32 |
Mymensingh, Bangladesh |
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2 June 1927 |
6.5 |
24.00 |
83.20 |
Son Valley, Madhya Pradesh |
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29 July 1927 |
6.5 |
15.00 |
88.50 |
Central Bay of Bengal |
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15 October 1928 |
6.9 |
28.50 |
66.30 |
Katra, Balochistan |
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2 July 1930 |
7.1 |
25.80 |
90.20 |
Dhubri, Assam |
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24 August 1931 |
6.8 |
30.20 |
67.70 |
Sharigh, Balochistan |
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27 August 1931 |
7.3 |
29.20 |
67.60 |
Mach, Balochistan |
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14 August 1932 |
7.0 |
25.80 |
95.70 |
Myanmar-Nagaland border |
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15 January 1934 |
8.1 |
27.55 |
87.09 |
Nepal-Bihar border region |
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21 March 1935 |
6.2 |
24.40 |
89.50 |
Pabna, Bangladesh |
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30 May 1935 |
7.8 |
29.60 |
66.50 |
Quetta, Balochistan |
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27 May 1936 |
7.3 |
28.40 |
83.30 |
Nishkot Pahar, Western Nepal |
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14 March 1938 |
6.2 |
21.50 |
75.75 |
Satpura, M.P.-Maharashtra border |
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10 September 1938 |
5.6 |
07.70 |
79.20 |
Gulf of Mannar region |
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16 March 1941 |
5.6 |
07.50 |
73.00 |
Laccadive Sea |
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26 June 1941 |
7.7 |
12.40 |
92.50 |
Middle Andaman, Andaman Islands |
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23 October 1943 |
7.3 |
26.80 |
94.00 |
Sibsagar, Assam |
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22 June 1945 |
6.5 |
32.50 |
76.50 |
Chamba, Himachal Pradesh |
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28 November 1945 |
8.1 |
25.15 |
63.48 |
Makran Coast, Balochistan |
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29 July 1947 |
7.3 |
28.63 |
93.73 |
Upper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh |
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5 August 1947 |
6.9 |
24.90 |
63.50 |
Makran Coast, Balochistan |
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15 August 1950 |
8.6 |
28.38 |
96.76 |
Chayu (Zayu)-Upper Assam |
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8 May 1951 |
6.0 |
18.50 |
70.80 |
Bombay Shelf, Off the Konkan Coast |
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29 August 1953 |
6.0 |
27.90 |
82.20 |
Dhundwa Hills, Nepal-U.P. border |
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21 March 1954 |
7.0 |
24.50 |
95.10 |
Myanmar-Manipur border |
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17 May 1955 |
7.3 |
06.70 |
93.70 |
Indira Point, Nicobar Islands |
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23 August 1955 |
6.5 |
31.00 |
75.10 |
Leiah, Punjab |
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13 May 1956 |
6.1 |
29.90 |
70.00 |
Baladhaka, Balochistan |
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21 July 1956 |
6.0 |
23.34 |
70.02 |
Anjar, Gujarat |
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16 September 1956 |
6.6 |
33.96 |
69.51 |
Jaji, Afghanistan |
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10 October 1956 |
6.0 |
28.15 |
77.67 |
Khurja-Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh |
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12 October 1959 |
(VI) |
15.68 |
80.70 |
Ongole region, Andhra Pradesh |
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27 August 1960 |
6.0 |
28.20 |
77.40 |
Gurgaon, Haryana |
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2 September 1963 |
5.1 |
33.96 |
74.73 |
Budgam, Jammu & Kashmir |
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15 April 1964 |
5.2 |
21.60 |
88.07 |
Saugor Island, West Bengal |
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7 February 1966 |
6.6 |
29.92 |
69.68 |
Barkhan, Balochistan |
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27 June 1966 |
6.0 |
29.62 |
80.83 |
Athpali, Far-western Nepal |
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1 August 1966 |
7.0 |
30.08 |
68.62 |
Duki, Balochistan |
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15 August 1966 |
5.6 |
28.67 |
78.93 |
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh |
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20 February 1967 |
5.6 |
33.63 |
75.33 |
Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir |
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10 December 1967 |
6.5 |
17.34 |
73.74 |
Koyna, Maharashtra |
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13 April 1969 |
5.7 |
17.81 |
80.67 |
Godavari Valley (Bhadrachalam), A.P. |
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23 March 1970 |
5.4 |
21.60 |
72.96 |
Bharuch, Gujarat |
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29 August 1970 |
7.0 |
26.02 |
95.37 |
Myanmar-Nagaland border |
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3 September 1972 |
6.3 |
35.94 |
73.32 |
Hamrin, Kashmir Himalayas |
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24 November 1972 |
5.2 |
11.66 |
85.34 |
Bay of Bengal |
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28 December 1974 |
6.2 |
35.05 |
72.91 |
Pattan, North West
Frontier Province |
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19 January 1975 |
6.8 |
32.38 |
78.49 |
Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh |
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12 May 1975 |
4.7 |
13.80 |
75.30 |
Shivamogga (Shimoga),
Karnataka |
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3 October 1975 |
6.8 |
30.26 |
66.33 |
Spin Tezha, Balochistan |
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29 July 1980 |
6.6 |
29.62 |
81.09 |
Bajhang, Far-western Nepal |
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19 November 1980 |
6.3 |
27.40 |
88.79 |
Sikkim-West Bengal border |
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12 September 1981 |
6.2 |
35.67 |
73.59 |
Darel Valley, Kashmir Himalayas |
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20 January 1982 |
6.3 |
07.05 |
93.95 |
Campbell Bay, Nicobar Islands |
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8 April 1982 |
5.2 |
18.51 |
86.05 |
Bay of Bengal, off Orissa |
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4 April 1983 |
7.0 |
05.70 |
94.72 |
Off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia |
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18 April 1983 |
7.0 |
27.78 |
62.06 |
Iran-Pakistan border |
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30 June 1983 |
4.9 |
17.92 |
78.54 |
Medchal-Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh |
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14 September 1983 |
4.3 |
19.63 |
73.54 |
Bhatsa, Maharashtra |
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30 December 1984 |
6.0 |
24.65 |
92.84 |
Cachar, Assam |
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1 July 1985 |
5.5 |
18.39 |
87.28 |
Bay of Bengal, off Orissa |
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17 December 1985 |
4.9 |
24.94 |
67.84 |
Karachi region, Sindh |
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19 January 1986 |
4.4 |
- |
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Angul-Dhenkanal area, Orissa |
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26 April 1986 |
5.5 |
32.15 |
76.40 |
Dharamsala, Himachal
Pradesh |
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6 August 1988 |
7.3 |
25.14 |
95.12 |
Myanmar-Manipur border |
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20 August 1988 |
6.9 |
26.71 |
86.62 |
Udaypur Gahri, Nepal |
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12 June 1989 |
5.8 |
21.83 |
89.77 |
Katkha Khal, Sunderbans, Bangladesh |
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31 January 1991 |
6.9 |
35.98 |
70.45 |
Wishti (Hindukush), Afghanistan |
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19 October 1991 |
6.8 |
30.76 |
78.79 |
Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand |
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8 November 1991 |
5.5 |
26.38 |
70.65 |
Jaiselmer, Rajasthan |
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11 January 1992 |
5.6 |
09.25 |
86.57 |
Bay of Bengal, off Sri Lanka |
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20 May 1992 |
6.3 |
33.35 |
71.32 |
Shakkar Khel, N.W.F.P. |
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25 August 1993 |
4.9 |
20.69 |
71.44 |
Gulf of Khambhat, off Gujarat |
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29 September 1993 |
6.2 |
18.08 |
76.47 |
Killari, Maharashtra |
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31 August 1994 |
4.7 |
25.89 |
78.62 |
Bhind, Madhya Pradesh |
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19 November 1996 |
6.9 |
35.30 |
78.19 |
Chipchap River, Jammu & Kashmir |
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28 February 1997 |
7.0 |
29.96 |
68.20 |
Harnai-Sibi, Balochistan |
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22 May 1997 |
5.8 |
23.09 |
80.08 |
Jabalpur region, Madhya Pradesh |
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21 November 1997 |
6.1 |
22.21 |
92.68 |
Mizoram-Bangladesh border |
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28 March 1999 |
6.4 |
30.51 |
79.42 |
Chamoli, Uttarakhand |
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