What the records say
- When
- 4 Apr 1905
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Where
- India
- Coordinates
- 32.60° N, 76.92° E
- Deaths
- 19000
- Damage musd
- 25
- Houses destroyed
- 100000
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 20
1905 Kangra earthquake
Disaster in Himachal Pradesh, India
The 1905 Kangra earthquake occurred in the Kangra Valley and the Kangra district of the Himachal Pradesh, in India on 4 April 1905. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and killed more than 20,000 people. Apart from this, most buildings in the towns of Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala were destroyed.
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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 “In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, kills 20,000 and destroys most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Séisme de Kangra (bilan : détruits, au moins )”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page