Earthquake — India-China

When

15 Aug 1950

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.6

Where

India

Coordinates

28.50° N, 96.50° E

Deaths

1530

Damage musd

20

Intensity mmi

11

Depth km

33

1950 earthquake centered on border between Tibet, China and Assam, India

The 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake, also known as the Assam earthquake, occurred on 15 August and had a moment magnitude of 8.7. The epicentre was located in the Mishmi Hills. It is one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on land.

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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 8.6 Assam–Tibet earthquake shakes the region, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing about 4,800 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Assam-Erdbeben 1950 gehört mit der Stärke 8,6 zu den stärksten je gemessenen Erdbeben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un séisme de magnitude 8,7 fait en Assam en Inde et au Tibet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el estado indio de Assam y la región del Tíbet se registra un terremoto de 8,7 que deja 4.800 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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