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Historic Earthquake
1916 Nepal Earthquake
28 August 1916 · Nepal
On 28 August 1916 at 06:39 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Nepal, at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 122 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 28 August 1916
- Time
- 06:39 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 33 km
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Nepal
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth