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Historic Earthquake
1961 India Earthquake
4 February 1961 · India
On 4 February 1961 at 08:51 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck India, at a depth of 141 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 246 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 4 February 1961
- Time
- 08:51 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 141 km
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- India
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20162016 Northeast India Earthquake · M 6.713 deaths
- 1991Thabeikkyin, Mandalay · M 7.0
- 19881988 Myanmar-India Earthquake · M 7.25 deaths
- 1954Calcutta, Cuttack · M 7.4
- 1943Assam · M 7.2
- 1932Assam · M 7.0
- 1923Mymensingh · M 6.950 deaths
- 1918Srimangal · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth