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M5.7 earthquake 14 km NNE of Āmbāsa, India
Sunday, March 27, 1932, 08:44:35 UTC · 24.064°N, 91.887°E
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 14 km NNE of Āmbāsa, India on Sunday, March 27, 1932, 08:44:35 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.7 on March 6, 1932.
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- Moderate · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No 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
5 kilotons of TNT
That is about 1/3 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 10 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
328 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and Indian plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
15 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.
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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 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 16 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.124 km N of Kishorganj, BangladeshJuly 8, 1918 · 128 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.028 km SSW of Lakhipur, IndiaJuly 2, 1930 · 260 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.99 km NNE of Netrakona, BangladeshSeptember 9, 1923 · 153 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.4BangladeshMarch 30, 1921 · 225 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.221 km SE of Wāngjing, IndiaApril 12, 1917 · 237 km E of this epicenter
- 6.213 km NW of Imphal, IndiaSeptember 22, 1930 · 221 km NE of this epicenter
- 6.021 km W of Falam, MyanmarAugust 10, 1923 · 208 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.969 km NNE of Mawlaik, MyanmarMarch 15, 1927 · 284 km E of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 10 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1,869 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1897M8.0
Assam; Bangladesh
12 Jun 1897 · 246 km away · intensity X
1,542 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)tsunami
- 1762
Chittagong, Dacca, Arracan
2 Apr 1762 · 230 km away · intensity XI
200 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1885M6.9
Unnamed location
14 Jul 1885 · 255 km away · intensity VII
75 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1923M6.9
Mymensingh
9 Sep 1923 · 153 km away
50 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1869
Assam: Cachar,Silchar
10 Jan 1869 · 79 km away
2 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1930M7.1
Dhubri,Assam
2 Jul 1930 · 249 km away · intensity IX
Severe damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.