What the records say
- When
- 28 Mar 1999
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.6
- Where
- India
- Coordinates
- 30.51° N, 79.40° E
- Deaths
- 100
- Injuries
- 394
- Damage musd
- 70
- Houses destroyed
- 21100
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 15
1999 Chamoli earthquake
Severe earthquake in India
The 1999 Chamoli earthquake occurred on 29 March in the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Approximately 103 people died in the earthquake and over 394 others were injured.
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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 6.8 Chamoli earthquake shook northern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 103.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un terremoto de 6,6 deja más de 100 muertos en el estado indio de Uttar Pradesh”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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