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  2. List of earthquakes in India - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of natural disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    2001 Gujarat earthquake: India Earthquake January 26 2002 1,200 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes: Afghanistan March 25 2003 72,000 2003 European heat wave: Europe Heat wave July – August 2004 227,898 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Somalia Earthquake, Tsunami December 26 2005 86,000–87,351

  4. Lists of earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.

  5. List of deadly earthquakes since 1900 - Wikipedia

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    The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin time, location and earthquake magnitude) and fatality information from several sources. Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [ 1 ] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [ 2 ] which is complete to December 2005.

  6. Lists of 21st-century earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    Date 1 227,898 9.2–9.3 ... India: 2001 Gujarat earthquake: January 26, 2001 ... The 2010 Haiti earthquake was the most destructive compared to its magnitude, ...

  7. 1934 Nepal–India earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 1934 Nepal–India earthquake or 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed. This 8.0 magnitude earthquake occurred on 15 January 1934 at around 2:13 pm IST (08:43 UTC ) and caused widespread damage in northern Bihar and in Nepal .

  8. 2005 Kashmir earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The earthquake was also felt in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, India and the Xinjiang region. The severity of the damage caused by the earthquake is attributed to severe upthrust. Although not the largest earthquake to hit this region in terms of magnitude it is considered the deadliest, [8] surpassing the 1935 Quetta earthquake. [9]

  9. List of historical earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings – later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based early earthquake warnings [3] – they rely mainly ...