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| Local date | January 10, 1869 (1869-01-10) |
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| Magnitude | 7.4 Mw |
| Epicenter | 25°30′N 93°00′E / 25.5°N 93.0°E / 25.5; 93.0 |
| Areas affected | India |
| Total damage | Severe |
| Max. intensity | EMS-98 VII (Damaging) |
| Casualties | 2 |
The 1869 Cachar earthquake occurred on 10 January with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.4 and a maximum EMS-98 intensity of VII (Damaging). Two people were killed and damage was considered severe. The earthquake was felt in Upper Burma, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal and Northeast India.
Earthquake
The cause is said to have been from a 32 kilometres (20 mi) long fissure below the Jaintia Hills, situated north of the Sylhet region.
| Selected EMS-98 intensities | ||
| Intensity | Locations | |
|---|---|---|
| VII (Damaging) | Silchar, Imphal | |
| VI (Slightly damaging) | Golaghat, Sylhet | |
| V (Strong) | Dhaka | |
| IV (Largely observed) | Kolkata | |
| III (Weak) | Hazaribagh | |
| II (Scarcely felt) | Midnapore | |
| Martin & Szeliga 2010 | ||
See also
References
- ^ Ambraseys, N. N.; Douglas, J. (2004). "Magnitude calibration of north Indian earthquakes". Geophysical Journal International. 159 (1): 179. Bibcode:2004GeoJI.159..165A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02323.x. ISSN 0956-540X.
- ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- Martin, S.; Szeliga, W. (2010), "A Catalog of Felt Intensity Data for 570 Earthquakes in India from 1636 to 2009", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Electronic Supplement (table S2), 100 (2): 562–569, Bibcode:2010BuSSA.100..562M, doi:10.1785/0120080328, archived from the original on 2016-11-12, retrieved 2017-05-20
- B C Allen (1905). "Physical Aspects". Assam District Gazetteers. Vol. 2. Calcutta: Government of Assam. p. 13.
Further reading
- Davis, W. M. (1883), "The Cachar earthquake of 1869", Science, ns-1 (3): 67, Bibcode:1883Sci.....1...67D, doi:10.1126/science.ns-1.3.67, JSTOR 1759469, PMID 17814146
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