What the records say
- When
- 15 Jan 1934
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Where
- Nepal
- Coordinates
- 26.77° N, 86.76° E
- Deaths
- 10600
- Intensity mmi
- 11
- Depth km
- 35
1934 Nepal–India earthquake
1934 earthquake in South Asia
The 1934 Nepal–India earthquake or 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed. This 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurred on 15 January 1934 at around 2:13 pm IST and caused widespread damage in northern Bihar and in Nepal.
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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 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “tremblement de terre dans le Bihar et le Népal”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Nepal se registra un terremoto de 8,0 con epicentro a 10 kilómetros al sur del Everest”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ネパール東部でマグニチュード8.1の地震発生（ビハール・ネパール地震）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page