What the records say
- When
- 21 May 1997
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- Where
- India
- Coordinates
- 23.08° N, 80.04° E
- Deaths
- 56
- Injuries
- 1000
- Damage musd
- 143
- Houses destroyed
- 8546
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 36
1997 Jabalpur earthquake
Earthquake in India
The 1997 Jabalpur earthquake occurred on May 22, at 04:21:31 AM in Jabalpur District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The epicenter of the earthquake was located near Koshamghat village. According to geologist Dr V. Subramanyan, former professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, the earthquake was caused by movement on the Narmada Fault.
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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 5.8 Jabalpur earthquake shook central India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 38–56 and injuring 1,000–1,500”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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