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India earthquakes in 1931

3 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1931. The largest: M7.6 37 km S of Sarupathar, India, Jan 28, 1931.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19301932

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Where every quake of 1931 was located in India. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1931

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 193127.637 km S of Sarupathar, India
February 193115.7286 km ENE of Port Blair, India
March 19310
April 19310
May 19310
June 19310
July 19310
August 19310
September 19310
October 19310
November 19310
December 19310

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

India nowWorldwide in 1931

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.