December 9, 2004 Earthquake: Hailakandi, Cachar, India
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Hailakandi, Cachar, India on December 9, 2004 at 08:49:00 UTC, 35 km below the surface.
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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
- December 9, 2004
- Time
- 08:49:00 UTC
- Place
- Hailakandi, Cachar, India
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 35 km (22 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 24.757° N, 92.539° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Injuries
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Several people slightly injured at Hailakandi, India.
Minor damage in Cachar, India. Felt in eastern
Meghalaya and much of central and southern Assam,
India. Also felt at Chittagong and in parts of eastern
Bangladesh. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 9, 1923, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
- December 30, 1984, Assam, Cachar District, India
- January 3, 2016, Impahl, India
- January 3, 2017, Ambasa, Bangladesh, India
- January 10, 1869, Cachar,silchar, Assam, India
- February 6, 1988, Tipura-Assam, Sylhet, India, Bangladesh
- February 15, 2005, Khaspur, India
- February 4, 1961, India
- June 30, 1868, Sylhet, Bangladesh
- December 10, 1846, India
- July 8, 1918, Srimangal, Bangladesh
- May 11, 2012, Kamrup, Guwahati, Assam, 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 5821.