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India earthquakes in 1947

3 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1947. The largest: M7.3 73 km W of Shi Yomi, India, Jul 29, 1947.

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

19461948

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Where every quake of 1947 was located in India. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1947

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 19470
February 19470
March 19470
April 19470
May 19470
June 19470
July 194727.373 km W of Shi Yomi, India
August 194716.081 km NNE of Josh?math, India
September 19470
October 19470
November 19470
December 19470

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 1947

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.