July 2, 1930 Earthquake: Dhubri,assam, Bangladesh
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Dhubri,assam, Bangladesh on July 2, 1930 at 21:03:42 UTC.
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
- July 2, 1930
- Time
- 21:03:42 UTC
- Place
- Dhubri,assam, Bangladesh
- Magnitude
- 7.1 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 25.500° N, 90.000° E
- Country
- Bangladesh
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
July 2, 1930, 21:03:42 UTC, 25.5 N, 90 E, shallow depth, magnitude 7.1. (reference #88)
July 3, 1930, Dhubri, Assam, intensity III which corresponds to an earthquake which could destroy towns or devastate districts: the acceleration of the ground in these cases exceeds 5 feet per sec per sec. (reference #1216)
July 2, 1930, 25.5 N, 90 E, magnitude 7.1. Dhubri, Assam at northwestern end of the Garo Hills. Felt over an area of about 350,000 sq miles. (reference #1100)
July 3, 1930, 25.8 N, 90.2 E. Dhubri, Assam. Epicentre at northwestern end of the Garo hills. Felt over an
area of about 350,000 sq. miles. Origin thought by E.R. Gee to be mainly due to movement along a line of tectonic weakness at the margin of the Assam Range, accentuated by the disturbance of isostatic equilibrium consequent upon the rapid denudation of the range. (reference #1095)
July 2, 1930, 25.5 N, 90 E, Dhubri, Assam-India, intensity IX, magnitude 7.1. (reference #1212)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- June 12, 1897, Assam, Bangladesh, India
- July 14, 1885, Bangladesh
- September 9, 1923, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
- November 21, 2025, Dhaka, Narsingdi, Bangladesh
- February 6, 1988, Tipura-Assam, Sylhet, India, Bangladesh
- September 12, 2018, West Bengal, India
- June 20, 2002, Rangpur, Thakurgaon, Almanagar, Bangladesh
- June 28, 2015, Kokrajhar, India
- July 8, 1918, Srimangal, Bangladesh
- November 11, 1842, Bangladesh
- June 30, 1868, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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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 3414.