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Historic Earthquake
1934 Bihar Earthquake
15 January 1934 · Bihar · Nepal
On 15 January 1934 at 08:43 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Nepal (Bihar), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 14 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 10,600 people. It is the 32nd deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 15 January 1934
- Time
- 08:43 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 35 km
- Maximum Intensity
- XI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 10,600
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- 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