1678 Earthquake: Srinagar, Kashmir, India
An earthquake struck Srinagar, Kashmir, India in 1678.
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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
- 1678
- Place
- Srinagar, Kashmir, India
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.100° N, 74.800° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Deaths
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
In Tarikh-e Hasan, Pir Hasan Shah states: "During the governorship of Ibrahim Khan, first of all heavy floods occurred, which was followed by the calamity of a severe earthquake. Houses were destroyed and living souls lost their lives. Due to the persistence of the earthquake for a long time people were shaken. Those who were affected by earthquake constructed their separate (new) houses. The chronogram of the earthquake is Thghyani-e Behad (unlimited inundation)""
The chronogramic value of 'tughyani-e-behad' is 1094 H which gives the corresponding year of 1683 AD. It is stated that the earthquake followed the severe flood for which the date mentioned is 1089 H. and on this basis the year of earthquake comes 1678-79 AD which is agreed by Newall (1854) also. Parmu (1969) who has given 1683-84 AD on the basis of chronogram seems to be incorrect. The MM intensity of this earthquake might be VII.
(all above from reference #12709)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
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- February 14, 2004, Balakot, Batgram, Mansehra, Pakistan
- November 20, 2002, Dashkin, Doian, Mushkin, Pakistan
- August 23, 1980, Kashmir, India
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- October 1, 2016, Mansehra, Naran, Pakistan
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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 10495.