September 16, 2008 Earthquake: Maharashtra, India
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Maharashtra, India on September 16, 2008 at 21:47:14 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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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
- September 16, 2008
- Time
- 21:47:14 UTC
- Place
- Maharashtra, India
- Magnitude
- 5 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 17.438° N, 73.915° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses damaged
- 1,500 with its tsunami and other effects
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.
One person killed in the Daund area. At least 20 people injured, over 1,500 buildings damaged and several roads damaged by rockfalls in Satara. Buildings also damaged at Bombay. Felt (V) at Dabhol and Pune; (IV) at Bombay, Candolim, Karad, Madgaon, Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Pilerne, Ratnagiri and Vasco da Gama. Felt (II) in Panaji. Felt in most
of western Maharashtra. Also felt in Goa and northern
Karnataka. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 26, 1618, Bombay, India
- December 10, 1967, India
- August 14, 2005, Maharashtra, India
- August 20, 2007, Satara, Maharashtra, India
- March 14, 2005, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Satara, Maharashtra, India
- December 12, 2009, Satara, Maharashtra, India
- August 30, 2005, Ambeghar, Dicholi, Kisrule, Maharashtra, India
- March 15, 2005, Dhebewadi, 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 8186.