What the records say
- When
- 19 Oct 1991
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Where
- India
- Coordinates
- 30.78° N, 78.77° E
- Deaths
- 2000
- Injuries
- 1800
- Damage musd
- 60
- Houses destroyed
- 7500
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 10
1991 Uttarkashi earthquake
6.8 magnitude earthquake in India
The 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake occurred at 02:53:16 Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30) on 20 October with a moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). This thrust event was instrumentally recorded and occurred along the Main Central Thrust in the Uttarkashi and Gharwal regions of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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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 “A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes Uttarkashi, India, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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