Reviewed by USGSIndia111y ago
M6.2 earthquake 21 km SE of Wāngjing, India
Thursday, April 12, 1917, 02:55:25 UTC · 24.435°N, 94.190°E
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Wāngjing, India on Thursday, April 12, 1917, 02:55:25 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.5 on March 28, 1914.
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 35 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
31 kilotons of TNT
That is about 2 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 65 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
191 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Indian and Eurasian plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
35 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 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 2 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 3 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 2 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1869
Assam: Cachar,Silchar
10 Jan 1869 · 171 km away
2 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1846M7.5
India
10 Dec 1846 · 211 km away
- 1868M7.5
Sylhet
30 Jun 1868 · 272 km away
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.