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Historic Earthquake
2010 India Earthquake
12 June 2010 · Little Nicobar Island · India
On 12 June 2010 at 19:26 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck India (Little Nicobar Island), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Burma Plate, 24 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 12 June 2010
- Time
- 19:26 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 35 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Burma Plate
- Country
- India
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2005Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands · M 7.2
- 1955Little Nicobar Island · M 7.3
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth