What the records say
- When
- 16 Jun 1819
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Where
- India
- Coordinates
- 23.00° N, 71.00° E
- Deaths
- 1543
- Houses destroyed
- 1547
- Intensity mmi
- 11
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake
Earthquake and tsunami in Gujarat, India
The 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake occurred at about 18:45 to 18:50 local time on 16 June 1819. It had an estimated magnitude ranging from 7.7 to 8.2 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It triggered a tsunami and caused at least 1,543 deaths.
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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 Rann of Kutch earthquake, estimated at at least 7.7 kills at least 1,543 people in India in what is now the state of Gujarat at the Arabian Sea”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el distrito de Kutch (India) se registra un fuerte terremoto de 8,2 que provoca un tsunami y deja más de 1500 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page