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India earthquakes in 1968

21 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1968. The largest: M5.9 Nicobar Islands, India region, Jul 19, 1968.

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

19671969

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Where every quake of 1968 was located in India. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1968

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 196825.6181 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India
February 196825.3101 km E of Leh, India
March 19680
April 19680
May 196815.16 km NW of Morigaon, India
June 196815.2208 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India
July 196885.9Nicobar Islands, India region
August 196835.45 km S of Bongaigaon, India
September 196825.2202 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India
October 19680
November 196815.217 km ENE of Dharamsala, India
December 196815.44 km N of Khowai, 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.

Nearby

India nowWorldwide in 1968

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.