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The 1993 Latur earthquake struck India at 3:56 am local time on 30 September. The main area affected were the districts of Latur and Osmanabad, including the Ausa block of Latur and Omerga of Osmanabad in Maharashtra, Western India. [7] Fifty-two villages were demolished in the intraplate earthquake.
The reason for the intensity and high frequency of earthquakes is the Indian plate driving into Asia at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year. [1] The following is a list of major earthquakes which have occurred in India , including those with epicentres outside India that caused significant damage or casualties in the country.
On 30 September 1993, at 3:53 a.m. local time, Latur was almost completely destroyed by a devastating intraplate earthquake that affected the southern Marathwada region of Maharashtra state in central-western part of India—including Latur, Beed, Osmanabad, and adjoining districts about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south-east of Mumbai—and ...
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1993 Finisterre earthquakes: This earthquake was the first and the largest in an earthquake sequence that affected the Ramu-Markham Valley that affected the area over the month of October. 60 people were killed and 200 were injured, mostly due to landslides triggered by the shocks. Many villages near the epicenter were severely damaged.
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