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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 ...
This is a list of earthquakes in 1950. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater ... 20 people were killed and major damage was caused. ... The 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake was ...
Tibet was struck with a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on Tuesday. ... 1950. Magnitude: 8.6. ... temples and mosques and killed over 3,000 people in Tibet and more than 1,000 in Assam, India. ...
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".
On August 15, 1950, the 8.6 M w Assam–Tibet earthquake shakes the region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 1,500 and 3,300 people. On January 18, 1951, Mount Lamington erupted in Papua New Guinea, killing 3,000 people.
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 ...