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India earthquakes in 1973

25 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1973. The largest: M6.6 Nicobar Islands, India region, Apr 7, 1973.

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

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Where every quake of 1973 was located in India. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1973

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 197315.112 km SSW of Kishtw?r, India
February 19730
March 19730
April 197336.6Nicobar Islands, India region
May 197325.913 km WSW of Chur?ch?ndpur, India
June 197315.0253 km E of Port Blair, India
July 197375.7109 km S of Port Blair, India
August 197324.754 km SE of Mon, India
September 197314.822 km NW of Rang?p?ra, India
October 197335.421 km NE of Bhadarw?h, India
November 197325.2223 km SSE of Port Blair, India
December 197335.211 km N of Uri, 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 1973

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.