What the records say
- When
- 10 Dec 1967
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.6
- Where
- India
- Coordinates
- 17.41° N, 73.89° E
- Deaths
- 180
- Damage musd
- 0.4
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 15
1967 Koynanagar earthquake
Earthquake in India
The 1967 Koynanagar earthquake occurred near Koynanagar town in Maharashtra, India on 11 December local time. The magnitude 6.6 shock hit with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). It occurred near the site of Koyna dam, raising questions about induced seismicity, and claimed at least 177 lives and injured over 2,200.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 6.6 Koynanagar earthquake shook western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 177–180 and injuring 2,272”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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