January 19, 1975 Earthquake: Kinnaur District, Kashmir, India
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Kinnaur District, Kashmir, India on January 19, 1975 at 08:02:02 UTC, 33 km below the surface. It killed 47 people.
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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
- January 19, 1975
- Time
- 08:02:02 UTC
- Place
- Kinnaur District, Kashmir, India
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 33 km (21 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 32.460° N, 78.430° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Deaths
- 47
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.
January 19, 1975, 08:02:02.5 UTC, kashmir-Tibet border region, 32.5 N, 78.4 E, magnitude 6.2 mb, 6.8 MS. 47 killed and extensive damage in the Kinnaur district of the Himachal Pradesh state. Felt in New Delhi. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 4, 1905, Kangra, India
- October 19, 1991, Chamoli, Uttarkashi, New Delhi, Chandigarh, India
- April 26, 1986, Dharmsala, Lahore, Pakistan, Kashmir, India
- September 1, 1803, Uttarakhand, Mathura (Muttra), India
- August 16, 2005, Uttarkahi, Uttaranchal, India
- July 22, 2007, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Muzaffarnagar, 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 4677.