May 11, 2012 Earthquake: Kamrup, Guwahati, Assam, India
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Kamrup, Guwahati, Assam, India on May 11, 2012 at 12:41:35 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
- May 11, 2012
- Time
- 12:41:35 UTC
- Place
- Kamrup, Guwahati, Assam, India
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 43 km (27 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 26.175° N, 92.889° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
Two people injured by a wall collapse in Kamrup and several
buildings damaged in the Guwahati area. Felt (IV) at
Shillong and (II) at Kolkata. Also felt at Bali,
Dhuburi, Dibrugarh, Haripur, Jamshedpur, Jowai,
Krishnanagar, Nowgong and Tezpur. Felt (III) at Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Felt at Thimphu, Bhutan. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 30, 1984, Assam, Cachar District, India
- January 3, 2016, Impahl, India
- September 21, 2009, Tashigang, Bhutan
- April 28, 2021, Assam, India
- January 10, 1869, Cachar,silchar, Assam, India
- December 10, 1846, India
- October 23, 1943, Assam, India
- February 23, 2006, Tashigang, Bhutan
- 1713, Arunachal, Bhutan, India
- February 4, 1961, India
- December 9, 2004, Hailakandi, Cachar, India
- February 15, 2005, Khaspur, India
- December 31, 2009, Dametsi, Bhutan
- October 29, 2009, Mongar, Pemagatsel, Tashigang, Bhutan
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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 9930.