India earthquakes in 1970
9 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1970. The largest: M7.0 61 km ESE of Tuensang, India, Jul 29, 1970.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1970 was located in India. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1970
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 6.3Nicobar Islands, India region · 24 km deep
- 7.061 km ESE of Tuensang, India · 71 km deep
- 5.2104 km NNE of P?sigh?t, India · 18 km deep
- 5.347 km SE of Chur?ch?ndpur, India · 40 km deep
- 5.6199 km S of Port Blair, India · 37 km deep
- 5.46 km E of Ankleshwar, India · 20 km deep
- 5.470 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 15 km deep
- 5.129 km N of P?lampur, India · 15 km deep
- 5.418 km SE of Ziro, India · 10 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1970 | 0 | ||
| February 1970 | 1 | 5.4 | 18 km SE of Ziro, India |
| March 1970 | 3 | 5.4 | 70 km NNE of Sarupathar, India |
| April 1970 | 0 | ||
| May 1970 | 2 | 5.6 | 199 km S of Port Blair, India |
| June 1970 | 1 | 5.2 | 104 km NNE of P?sigh?t, India |
| July 1970 | 1 | 7.0 | 61 km ESE of Tuensang, India |
| August 1970 | 0 | ||
| September 1970 | 0 | ||
| October 1970 | 1 | 6.3 | Nicobar Islands, India region |
| November 1970 | 0 | ||
| December 1970 | 0 |
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.
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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.