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Historic Earthquake
1943 India Earthquake
23 October 1943 · Assam · India
On 23 October 1943 at 17:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck India (Assam). It occurred on the Indian Plate, 52 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 23 October 1943
- Time
- 17:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- India
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20162016 Northeast India Earthquake · M 6.713 deaths
- 20092009 Bhutan Earthquake · M 6.111 deaths
- 19881988 Myanmar-India Earthquake · M 7.25 deaths
- 19841984 Cachar Earthquake · M 5.620 deaths
- 1961India · M 7.6
- 1954Calcutta, Cuttack · M 7.4
- 1947India · M 7.9
- 1932Assam · M 7.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth