M6.0 earthquake 28 km NNW of Dipayal, Nepal
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 28 km NNW of Dipayal, Nepal on Mon, Jun 27, 1966, 4:11 PM GMT+5:30 (10:41 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.6 37 km ESE of Dārchulā, Nepal. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1966-06-27 10:41:09 UTC
- Depth
- 29.1 km (18.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.498° N, 80.835° E
- Region
- Nepal
- Strongest shaking
- VI, strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 4369), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- 80
- Injuries
- 100
- Damage
- $1 million
- Houses destroyed
- 5,200
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VI, strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 14.1% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 2.1 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.0 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.546 km NNE of Dipayal, Nepal · 22007 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.731 km N of Dipayal, Nepal · 22007 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
- 6.637 km ESE of Dārchulā, Nepal · 22007 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.534 km NNW of Dipayal, Nepal · 22007 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.534 km SE of D?rchul?, Nepal · 22007 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem846868 (also filed as atlas19660627104108). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:09 PM UTC.