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UTC time: 1993-09-29 22:25:48: ISC event: 210578: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: 30 September 1993 (): Local time: 03:56: Magnitude: 6.2 M w [1] 6.3 M s [2]: Depth: 10 km (6.2 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Reverse [3]: Areas affected: India: Total damage: $280 million–1.3 billion [3]: Max. intensity: MMI VIII (Severe) [4] MSK-64 VIII (Damaging) [5]: Casualties: 9,748 dead [3] 30,000 injured [3 ...
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.
The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 M w undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time. . Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami and warnings were issued across the Indian Ocean; however, these warnings were subsequently can
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Chile, near Valparaíso, on April 17, at a depth of 37 km. [51] One person died of a heart attack and another due to the loss of power at a local hospital. [citation needed] A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea, about 137 km north of Lae, on April 17 at a depth of 208.2 km. [52]
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.
Moderately damaging earthquakes strike between New York and Wilmington, Delaware, about twice a century, the USGS said, and smaller earthquakes are felt in the region roughly every two to three years.
Earthquake, Tsunami March 11 2012 1,901 Typhoon Bopha: Philippines Tropical cyclone December 4 – 5 2013 6,340 Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines, Vietnam, China November 8 – 10 2014 2,700 2014 Badakhshan mudslides: Afghanistan Landslide May 2 2015 8,964 April 2015 Nepal earthquake: Nepal, India Earthquake April 25 2016 1,111 [17] 2016 Indian heat ...
1993 Okushiri earthquake: $600 [367] $1266 230 Earthquake 1993 Japan: 2015 Illapel earthquake: $600 [368] $771 15 Earthquake 2015 Chile, Argentina Cyclone Tracy: $500 – $600 [369] $3089 – $3707 71 Tropical cyclone 1974 Australia: 2018 Ponte Morandi collapse: $575 [370] $698 43 Bridge collapse 2018 Italy: 1960 Valdivia earthquake: $550 [371 ...