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An earthquake struck along the border of northeast India and Bangladesh on Monday, sending tremors through the region, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The 5.5 magnitude quake was at a depth of 10 ...
The 2021 Assam earthquake struck 11 km (7 miles) away from Dhekiajuli, Assam, India at 07:51 on April 28, 2021 with a moment magnitude of 6.0 at 34.0 km (21.1 mi) depth. [2] [3] The quake struck with an epicenter 140 km (86 miles) north of the main city of Guwahati. It resulted in two fatalities and at least 12 injuries.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred 6 miles (9 km) north-northwest of Dhekiajuli, India, at 7:51 a.m. Wednesday, local time, shaking portions of northeastern India, including Guwahati, Assam, India.
Earthquakes in Africa by country (6 C) S. Seismic faults of Africa (5 P) Pages in category "Earthquakes in Africa" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of ...
The earthquake had an epicenter in the Mishmi Hills to the northeast of the surface trace of the Mishmi Fault. Magnitudes calculated for the earthquake range from M w 8.6–8.8. making it the largest onshore earthquake ever recorded and the largest not associated with subduction. [5] It was the sixth largest earthquake of the 20th century. [7]
Earthquakes in South Africa (5 P) This page was last edited on 2 November 2019, at 03:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
Its magnitude also makes it the largest earthquake on the African continent since the 2006 M w 7.0 Mozambique earthquake and the largest in North Africa since the 1980 M w 7.1 El Asnam earthquake. [9] Over 2.8 million people from Marrakesh and areas surrounding the Atlas Mountains were affected, including 100,000 children.
The region is also prone to earthquake, mild tremors are common, but strong earthquakes are rare. There have been three strong earthquakes: in 1869 the bank of the Barak sank by 15 ft. In 1897 there was a tremor which measured 8.3 on the moment magnitude scale , and another in 1950 which measured 8.6.