M5.5 earthquake 125 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 125 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India on Tue, Feb 7, 1978, 6:00 PM GMT+5:30 (12:30 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 134 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-02-07 12:30:40 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 12.796° N, 93.016° E
- Region
- India
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- 201
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0113 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 17766 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.6134 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 17765 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.9119 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 17765 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.8121 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 17765 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.3125 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 17765 days ago · 33 km deep · 0 km away
- 4.4119 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 17764 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.9122 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 17758 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000sv1 (also filed as gcmtb020778b, gcmt19780207123040, iscgem686172). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.