June 13, 2023 Earthquake: Kishtwar, Kashmir, India
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Kishtwar, Kashmir, India on June 13, 2023 at 08:03:40 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
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The earthquake
- Date
- June 13, 2023
- Time
- 08:03:40 UTC
- Place
- Kishtwar, Kashmir, India
- Magnitude
- 5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 33.096° N, 75.896° E
- Country
- India
The toll
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.
Reference #13543:
An earthquake of magnitude M: 5.4 occurred at 13:33:42 IST in Doda, district of Jammu and Kashmir, with epicenter at 33.15° N and 75.82° E and a focal depth of 06 km. The epicenter was about 140 km southeast of Srinagar.
The maximum Intensity VI (MMI scale) have been reported near to the source region.
The earthquake was widely felt in Jammu & Kashmir region and neighbouring states.
Reference #13544:
A moderate earthquake had jolted many parts of Doda and Kishtwar on Tuesday and had inflicted partial damages to several residential houses, school buildings, shops, government buildings including a hospital etc but luckily there was no loss to life though five persons had received minor injuries.
Sources in district administration Kishtwar informed that 359 Kacha structures were partiallydamaged while 44 suffered severe damages in the district. They further said that 30 Pucca structures were partially damaged, 12 suffered severe damage while 9 cattle sheds along with 71 government buildings including schools suffered damages in Kishtwar.
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
- May 1, 2013, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Kashmir, India
- March 10, 2006, Mirpur District, Pakistan
- August 20, 2024, Kupwara, 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 10698.