1869 Cachar earthquake
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Local date | January 10, 1869 |
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Magnitude | 7.4 Mw[1] |
Epicenter | 25°30′N 93°00′E / 25.5°N 93.0°ECoordinates: 25°30′N 93°00′E / 25.5°N 93.0°E[1] |
Areas affected | India |
Total damage | Severe[2] |
Max. intensity | Template:EMS-98[3] |
Casualties | 2[2] |
The 1869 Cachar earthquake occurred on 10 January with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.4 and a maximum EMS-98 intensity of VII (Damaging). Two people were killed and damage was considered severe. The earthquake was felt in Upper Burma, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal and Northeast India.
Earthquake[edit]
The cause is said to have been from a 32 kilometres (20 mi) long fissure below the Jaintia Hills, situated north of the Sylhet region.[4]
Selected EMS-98 intensities | ||
Intensity | Locations | |
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VII (Damaging) | Silchar, Imphal | |
VI (Slightly damaging) | Golaghat, Sylhet | |
V (Strong) | Dhaka | |
IV (Largely observed) | Kolkata | |
III (Weak) | Hazaribagh | |
II (Scarcely felt) | Midnapore | |
Martin & Szeliga 2010 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ambraseys, N. N.; Douglas, J. (2004). "Magnitude calibration of north Indian earthquakes". Geophysical Journal International. 159 (1): 179. Bibcode:2004GeoJI.159..165A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02323.x. ISSN 0956-540X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- ↑ Martin, S.; Szeliga, W. (2010), "A Catalog of Felt Intensity Data for 570 Earthquakes in India from 1636 to 2009", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Electronic Supplement (table S2), 100 (2): 562–569, Bibcode:2010BuSSA.100..562M, doi:10.1785/0120080328
- ↑ B C Allen (1905). "Physical Aspects". Assam District Gazetteers. Vol. 2. Calcutta: Government of Assam. p. 13.
Further reading[edit]
- Davis, W. M. (1883), "The Cachar earthquake of 1869", Science, ns-1 (3): 67, Bibcode:1883Sci.....1...67D, doi:10.1126/science.ns-1.3.67, JSTOR 1759469, PMID 17814146