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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.
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.
The following is a list of major earthquakes which have occurred in India, ... 1993-09-30: Latur, Maharashtra: 6.2 M w: VIII 9,748 30,000 1991-10-20: Uttarkashi ...
30 September – The 6.2 M w Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000. 5 December - Mulayam Singh Yadav elected chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time.
Earthquake, Tsunami December 12 1993 9,748 1993 Latur earthquake: India Earthquake September 30 1994 3,063 Typhoon Fred: China, Taiwan Tropical cyclone August 21 1995 6,434 Great Hanshin earthquake: Japan Earthquake January 17 1996 1,077 1996 Andhra Pradesh cyclone: India Tropical cyclone November 4 – 7 1997 3,123 Tropical Storm Linda ...
In 2005, the government of India unveiled a bold scheme to bring its poorest citizens into the 21st century. It would commission a series of coal-fired power plants — each with seven times the capacity of its average U.S. counterpart — that would provide cheap electricity in a country where one-third of the population lives off the grid.
Category: 1993 disasters in India. ... 1993 Latur earthquake This page was last edited on 13 October 2020, at 10:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
A series of earthquakes rattled Taiwan in late January, with the most severe being a magnitude 6.0 quake that shook the southern part of the country on Jan. 20, leaving 27 people with minor injuries.