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M6.8 earthquake 120 km E of Man?li, India

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck 120 km E of Man?li, India on Sun, Jan 19, 1975, 1:32 PM GMT+5:30 (08:02 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 6.8 (Ms, surface-wave), strong
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Jan 19, 1975, 1:32 PM GMT+5:30
UTC: 1975-01-19 08:02:02 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 32.455° N, 78.430° E
Region: India
Strongest shaking: VIII, severe shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
6.8	Ms, surface-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
6.8	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.2

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 4677), matched to this event by time and place.

Deaths: 47
Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

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.

NOAA’s full record of this earthquake

From Wikipedia

An earthquake occurred in Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh, northern India, in the early afternoon (local time) (08:02 UTC) of 19 January 1975. It had a magnitude of 6.8 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing extensive damage. It caused 47 casualties. Landslides, rock falls and avalanches caused major damage to the Hindustan-Tibet Road. The earthquake affected many monasteries and buildings in the state and led to an extensive restoration work in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Himachal Pradesh. The Spiti and Parachu valleys in particular suffered the greatest damage being on the north–south Kaurik-Chango fault, causing damage to landmarks such as Key Monastery and Tabo Monastery.

Text from Wikipedia, “1975 Kinnaur earthquake”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted as written; the full article has the rest.

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Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VIII, severe shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 31.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 3.5 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 180

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 3.8 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

5.3127 km NE of Sar?han, IndiaSun, Jan 19, 4:00 PM GMT+8 · 18884 days ago · 60 km deep · 16 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00009jd (also filed as atlas19750119080159, iscgem733389). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:52 AM UTC.