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Historic Earthquake
1984 Cachar Earthquake
30 December 1984 · Assam, Cachar District · India
On 30 December 1984 at 23:33 UTC, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck India (Assam, Cachar District), at a depth of 23 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 275 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 20 people and injured 100.
- Date
- 30 December 1984
- Time
- 23:33 UTC
- Magnitude
- 5.6
- Depth
- 23 km
- Deaths
- 20
- Injuries
- 100
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- India
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20162016 Northeast India Earthquake · M 6.713 deaths
- 19971997 Chittagong Earthquake · M 6.123 deaths
- 19881988 Myanmar-India Earthquake · M 7.25 deaths
- 1961India · M 7.6
- 1954Calcutta, Cuttack · M 7.4
- 1943Assam · M 7.2
- 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