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Historic Earthquake
1956 Anjar Earthquake
21 July 1956 · Anjar, Bhuj · India
On 21 July 1956 at 15:32 UTC, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck India (Anjar, Bhuj), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 392 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 156 people.
- Date
- 21 July 1956
- Time
- 15:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 156
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- India
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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