August 16, 2005 Earthquake: Uttarkahi, Uttaranchal, India
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck Uttarkahi, Uttaranchal, India on August 16, 2005 at 03:45:54 UTC, 43 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
- August 16, 2005
- Time
- 03:45:54 UTC
- Place
- Uttarkahi, Uttaranchal, India
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 43 km (27 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 30.924° N, 78.560° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
Buildings damaged (VI) at Uttarkahi.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 19, 1991, Chamoli, Uttarkashi, New Delhi, Chandigarh, India
- March 28, 1999, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, India
- January 19, 1975, Kinnaur District, Kashmir, India
- December 14, 2005, Jausari, Chamoli, Nandprayag, India
- July 22, 2007, Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Muzaffarnagar, India
- September 1, 1803, Uttarakhand, Mathura (Muttra), India
- May 1, 2010, Chamoli, 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 6773.