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Historic Earthquake
1955 India Earthquake
17 May 1955 · Little Nicobar Island · India
On 17 May 1955 at 14:49 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck India (Little Nicobar Island). It occurred on the Burma Plate, 66 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (mid-ocean ridge). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 17 May 1955
- Time
- 14:49 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Burma Plate
- Country
- India
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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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