Reviewed by USGSIndia64y ago
M6.2 earthquake 179 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India
Friday, November 16, 1962, 21:10:03 UTC · 13.286°N, 93.076°E
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 179 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India on Friday, November 16, 1962, 21:10:03 UTC, at a depth of 27.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.3 on August 8, 1945.
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 27 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- VII
- Very strong (ShakeMap)
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
35 kilotons of TNT
That is about 2 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 72 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
117 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Indian and Burma plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
27 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 100 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 34 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 8.043 km N of Bamboo Flat, IndiaJune 26, 1941 · 141 km S of this epicenter
- 6.353 km W of Bamboo Flat, IndiaAugust 8, 1945 · 198 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.2112 km NE of Bamboo Flat, IndiaJuly 4, 1917 · 94 km S of this epicenter
- 6.168 km N of Bamboo Flat, IndiaJuly 27, 1944 · 112 km S of this epicenter
- 6.1290 km WSW of Dawei, MyanmarApril 11, 1935 · 280 km E of this epicenter
- 6.1227 km S of Pyapon, MyanmarJune 18, 1957 · 298 km E of this epicenter
- 6.0114 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, IndiaJune 27, 1941 · 69 km S of this epicenter
- 6.0119 km SW of Port Blair, IndiaMay 13, 1925 · 298 km S of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 1 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700. The most severe:
- 1941M8.0
Andaman Islands,Madras; Sri Lanka: Colombo
26 Jun 1941 · 157 km away
Extreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.