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UTC time: 1950-08-15 14:09:34: ISC event: 895681: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: August 15, 1950 (): Local time: 19:39:34 IST: Magnitude: 8.7 M w [1]: Depth: 15 km (9.3 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Fault: Main Himalayan Thrust: Type: Oblique-slip [2]: Areas affected: Assam, India Tibet, China: Max. intensity: MMI XI (Extreme) [3]: Casualties: 4,800: Main faults of the Himalayas/Tibetan Plateau. The ...
The 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake was one of the largest of all time. 1,530 people were killed and major property damage was caused. Costs were around $20 million (1950 rate). Many large aftershocks followed. These events have been plotted on the map but are not listed to prevent cluttering. 1,530: 17 [101] Fiji, south of: 6.9: 609.8: 21 [102 ...
Tibet was struck with a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on Tuesday. ... The second earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or above since 1950. It formed a rupture in the ground that spanned 81 kilometres (50 miles ...
1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake-India, Assam – China, Tibet August 15, 1950 7 8.6 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake: United States, Alaska: March 9, 1957 7 8.6 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake: United States, Aleutian Island: April 1, 1946 8 8.5 1963 Kuril Islands earthquake: USSR, Kuril Islands: October 13, 1963 8 8.5 1938 Banda Sea earthquake
8.8 6 February 27, 2010: Maule, Chile 2010 Chile earthquake: 8.8 7 February 3, 1965: Rat Islands, Alaska, United States 1965 Rat Islands earthquake: 8.7 8 August 15, 1950: Assam, India – Tibet, China 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake: 8.6–8.7 [39] 9 April 1, 1946: Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake: 8.6 9 ...
1950-08-15: 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake [12: Zayü County, Tibet: 8.6 M w 4,000: Largest seismic event ever recorded in China and largest known seismic event on land. 3,300 deaths in Chinese-claimed territories 1952-08-18: 1952 Damxung earthquake
An 8.6 magnitude earthquake killed 780 people in India. At 7:39 pm Indian Standard Time, the city of Dibrugarh was destroyed by the first shock, which the USGS reported to be the fifth largest earthquake "ever to show up on the world's seismographs".
Magnitude MMI Deaths Injuries ... Assam: 6.0 M w: VII 2 12 ... 1950-08-15: Assam, Tibet: 8.6 M w: XI 1,500–3,300 1947-07-29: India, China 7.3 M w: