August 23, 1980 Earthquake: Kashmir, India

Date

August 23, 1980

Time

21:50:03 UTC

Place

Kashmir, India

Magnitude

4.8 (Ms)

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

32.834° N, 75.629° E

Country

India

Deaths

Few (about 1 to 50)

Damage

Limited (under about $1 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.

• April 4, 1905, Kangra, IndiaM7.9 · 19,000 deaths · $25 million · 100,000 houses destroyed · 123 km
• June 26, 1828, Kashmir, India1,000 deaths · 1,200 houses destroyed · 184 km
• September 26, 1827, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan1,000 deaths · 186 km
• September 2, 1963, SW, Kashmir, IndiaM5.3 · 80 deaths · 141 km
• September 24, 2019, Mirpur District, PakistanM5.6 · 39 deaths · $17 million · 1,756 houses destroyed · 176 km
• August 23, 1980, Kashmir, IndiaM4.9 · 15 deaths · 9 km
• April 26, 1986, Dharmsala, Lahore, Pakistan, Kashmir, IndiaM5.3 · 6 deaths · 105 km
• May 1, 2013, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Kashmir, IndiaM5.7 · 3 deaths · $19.5 million · 1,136 houses destroyed · 33 km
• March 10, 2006, Mirpur District, PakistanM4.9 · 1 death · 166 km
• August 20, 2024, Kupwara, Kashmir, IndiaM5.1 · 1 death · 194 km
• June 13, 2023, Kishtwar, Kashmir, IndiaM5 · 38 km
• May 19, 2009, Kashmir, IndiaM4.9 · 43 km
• August 2, 2013, Kishtwar, Kashmir, IndiaM5.2 · 60 km
• September 1555, Srinagar, Kashmir, IndiaM7.6 · Deaths: many · 75 km
• June 6, 1885, Kashmir, India134 km

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