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India earthquakes in 1958

4 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1958. The largest: M6.1 15 km NE of B?geshwar, India, Dec 28, 1958.

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

19571959

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Where every quake of 1958 was located in India. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1958

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 6.115 km NE of B?geshwar, India · 15 km deep
  2. 5.668 km SW of Bamboo Flat, India · 15 km deep
  3. 5.718 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 25 km deep
  4. 5.861 km S of Sarupathar, India · 15 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 195825.861 km S of Sarupathar, India
February 19580
March 19580
April 19580
May 19580
June 19580
July 19580
August 19580
September 19580
October 19580
November 195815.668 km SW of Bamboo Flat, India
December 195816.115 km NE of B?geshwar, India

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.

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India nowWorldwide in 1958

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.