What the records say
- When
- 15 Aug 1950
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 28.50° N, 96.50° E
- Deaths
- 1530
- Damage musd
- 20
- Max water height m
- 0.5
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.6
- Runups
- 41
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page