May 1, 2013 Earthquake: Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Kashmir, India
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Kashmir, India on May 1, 2013 at 06:57:13 UTC, 15 km below the surface. It killed 3 people.
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
- May 1, 2013
- Time
- 06:57:13 UTC
- Place
- Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Kashmir, India
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 15 km (9 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 33.061° N, 75.863° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 90
- Damage
- $19.5 million
- Houses destroyed
- 1,136
- Houses damaged
- 95,532
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.
Felt (IV) at Amritsar, Chandigarh, Gurgaon and Ludhiana and (III) at Delhi, India. Also felt at Chamba, Dehradun, Dera Gopipur, Dharmsala, Jalandhar, Jammu, Kapurthala, Kanna, Mohali, Nakodar, New Delhi, Noida, Palampur, Phagwara, Rahon, Samrala and Sundarnagar. Felt (IV) at Islamabad and (III) at Lahore, Pakistan. Also felt at Haripur, Muzaffarabad and Risalpur. (reference #1053)
As VC University of Kashmir heading a team of eight seismologists to take on spot assessment of recent seismicity in the Chenab Valley, the government revealed in the state assembly that three persons died, 90 were injured as 80830 families stand affected by a series of earthquakes that started on May 1, 2013. Information tabled in the twin houses in response to various questions and call attention motions, suggest Doda is the worst sufferer with 48755 families, followed by Kishtwar with 32000 families as Ramban is the third with 75 families impacted by the earthquake. The government put the total number of private property that was damaged at 96668 of which 1136 is fully damaged, 15359 is partially damaged and the balance 80173 has partial damage. In monetary terms, the government says the loss was assessed at Rs 119.26 crore of which Rs 19.37 crore is private property, Rs 99.87 crore is public infrastructure and livestock worth two lakh rupees perished in the calamity. (reference #10763)
3 deaths, 70 injured, 120 million USD total damages (reference #1250)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 4, 1905, Kangra, India
- May 30, 1885, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
- June 26, 1828, Kashmir, India
- September 2, 1963, SW, Kashmir, India
- September 24, 2019, Mirpur District, Pakistan
- August 23, 1980, Kashmir, India
- April 26, 1986, Dharmsala, Lahore, Pakistan, Kashmir, India
- March 10, 2006, Mirpur District, Pakistan
- August 20, 2024, Kupwara, Kashmir, India
- June 13, 2023, Kishtwar, Kashmir, India
- May 19, 2009, Kashmir, India
- August 2, 2013, Kishtwar, Kashmir, India
- August 23, 1980, Kashmir, India
- September 1555, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
- June 6, 1885, Kashmir, 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 9991.