Reviewed by USGSIndia113y ago
M6.3 earthquake 6 km N of Kotla, India
Friday, October 9, 1914, 02:39:13 UTC · 32.313°N, 76.037°E
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck 6 km N of Kotla, India on Friday, October 9, 1914, 02:39:13 UTC, at a depth of 20.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.6 on February 27, 1906.
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 20 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- VI
- Strong (ShakeMap)
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquakeColoured lines: estimated shaking intensity (USGS ShakeMap)
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
37 kilotons of TNT
That is about 2 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 78 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
37 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and Indian plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
20 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 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 6 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 24,000 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1905M7.9
Kangra
4 Apr 1905 · 88 km away · intensity X
19,000 deaths$25 million damagetsunami
- 1885M6.3
Kashmir: Srinagar
30 May 1885 · 274 km away
3,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1828
Kashmir
26 Jun 1828 · 254 km away · intensity VIII
1,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1827
Lahore, Punjab
26 Sep 1827 · 182 km away
1,000 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1885
Kashmir
6 Jun 1885 · 188 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1784
Kashmir: Srinagar
Nov 1784 · 230 km away · intensity VIII
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.