December 10, 1967 Earthquake: India
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck India on December 10, 1967 at 22:51:23 UTC, 15 km below the surface. It killed 180 people.
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
- December 10, 1967
- Time
- 22:51:23 UTC
- Place
- India
- Magnitude
- 6.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 15 km (9 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 17.412° N, 73.885° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Deaths
- 180
- Damage
- $400,000
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.
10 December 1967 22:51:23.47 UTC, 17.412 N 73.885 E, depth 15, magnitude 6.6 Mw (reference #10476)
10 December 1967 22:51:22.16 UTC, 17.394 N 73.774 E, depth 10.7, magnitude 6.3 (reference #9910)
Reference #1039 lists 110 deaths
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 26, 1618, Bombay, India
- September 16, 2008, Maharashtra, India
- August 14, 2005, Maharashtra, India
- August 20, 2007, Satara, Maharashtra, India
- March 14, 2005, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Satara, Maharashtra, India
- December 12, 2009, Satara, Maharashtra, India
- August 30, 2005, Ambeghar, Dicholi, Kisrule, Maharashtra, India
- March 15, 2005, Dhebewadi, Maharashtra, India
- 1524, Dabul, India
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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 4421.