August 30, 2005 Earthquake: Ambeghar, Dicholi, Kisrule, Maharashtra, India
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Ambeghar, Dicholi, Kisrule, Maharashtra, India on August 30, 2005 at 08:53:17 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
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
- August 30, 2005
- Time
- 08:53:17 UTC
- Place
- Ambeghar, Dicholi, Kisrule, Maharashtra, India
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 17.067° N, 73.773° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- 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.
Damage (VI) at Ambeghar, Dicholi, Kisrule, Patharwadi, Satara and Zhadoli.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 10, 1967, India
- September 16, 2008, Maharashtra, India
- December 12, 2009, Satara, Maharashtra, India
- March 14, 2005, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Satara, Maharashtra, India
- March 15, 2005, Dhebewadi, Maharashtra, India
- August 20, 2007, Satara, Maharashtra, India
- August 14, 2005, 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 6774.