Earthquakes near Bhuj through history
From 1900 to October 19, 2026, USGS recorded 3 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more within 100 km of Bhuj, or 200 km for magnitude 7 and above. The strongest was a magnitude 7.7, twice: on June 16, 1819 (Rann Of Kutch,Ahmadabad,Poonah,Bhooj) and on January 26, 2001 (Gujarat: Bhuj, Ahmadabad, Rajokot; Pakistan).
The last 30 days · as of
USGS recorded no earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or more within 100 km of Bhuj in the last 30 days.
What the record holds
The one on January 26, 2001 was the deadliest: NOAA records 20,005 deaths for it. NOAA’s list of significant earthquakes has 5 here, back to 1819. NOAA records deaths in 3 of the events here, 21,704 in all. The latest on NOAA’s list is a magnitude 4.5 on March 9, 2008 (Gujarat). NOAA’s record here begins on June 16, 1819 with an earthquake (Rann Of Kutch,Ahmadabad,Poonah,Bhooj). It grows thinner going back: 4 of the 5 significant earthquakes NOAA lists here are from 1927 on. NOAA lists one tsunami from elsewhere that reached the coast within 100 km of Bhuj with deaths or a metre of water or more. The highest water NOAA records here was 11 m, on November 27, 1945.
The events
- March 9, 2008Earthquake · M 4.5GujaratNOAA NCEI
- January 26, 2001Earthquake · M 7.7Gujarat: Bhuj, Ahmadabad, Rajokot; Pakistan · 20,005 deaths (NOAA)USGS · NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- November 27, 1945Tsunami · 11 m hereMakran CoastNOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
- June 16, 1819Earthquake · M 7.7 (est.)Rann Of Kutch,Ahmadabad,Poonah,Bhooj · 1,543 deaths (NOAA)NOAA NCEI · Wikipedia
Good to know
- An event counts for Bhuj when it began within 100 km of its centre, or 200 km for an earthquake of magnitude 7 or more. Damage can reach further.
- USGS counts here start at magnitude 6: the catalogue’s smaller quakes thin out going back, where few instruments listened.
- NOAA lists significant events only: earthquakes that killed, did about $1 million of damage, reached magnitude 7.5 or intensity X, or raised a tsunami, and eruptions and tsunamis by like measures. Magnitudes before 1900 are its estimates from written accounts.
- Deaths are NOAA’s total for each event, wherever people died, its tsunami and fires included. A tsunami counts the dead its runup records give for this place: NOAA’s total for a tsunami includes its source quake’s.
- A tsunami from elsewhere counts where one of its runups killed or rose a metre or more.
- Counted to October 19, 2026, as is the map. The last 30 days ask USGS again.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Earthquakes, live, The world through history