May 2, 1668 Earthquake: Samawani (Samaji), Indus Delta, India, Pakistan
An earthquake struck Samawani (Samaji), Indus Delta, India, Pakistan on May 2, 1668, 10 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- May 2, 1668
- Place
- Samawani (Samaji), Indus Delta, India, Pakistan
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 24.000° N, 68.000° E
- Country
- Pakistan
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 30,000
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
May 2, 1668, Samaji, Pakistan. (reference #1212)
May 1668, India, Samawani or Samaji, Delta of Indus, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which destroyed towns and devastated districts. (reference #1055)
A report described that the Samaji town had "sunk into the ground with 30,000 houses during an earthquake." (reference #1274, 11454)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1052.