India earthquakes in 1976
28 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1976. The largest: M6.4 58 km NNE of Sarupathar, India, Aug 13, 1976.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1976 was located in India. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1976
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.946 km SSE of Tuensang, India · 84 km deep
- 4.753 km N of Bomdila, India · 33 km deep
- 4.737 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 63 km deep
- 4.550 km NW of Sarupathar, India · 66 km deep
- 4.839 km NW of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.7121 km NE of Port Blair, India · 119 km deep
- 4.7101 km ENE of Sar?han, India · 16 km deep
- 5.2128 km NNE of Thang, India · 84 km deep
- 5.060 km ENE of Sar?han, India · 29 km deep
- 4.788 km SSW of Port Blair, India · 27 km deep
- 5.4103 km NE of Sar?han, India · 18 km deep
- 6.458 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 27 km deep
- 4.772 km NE of Tawang, India · 61 km deep
- 4.6171 km ENE of Leh, India · 15 km deep
- 4.897 km NNE of Sar?han, India · 56 km deep
- 5.367 km SE of Kultali, India · 23 km deep
- 4.954 km W of Sarupathar, India · 46 km deep
- 4.7107 km SE of Phek, India · 107 km deep
- 4.588 km ENE of Sar?han, India · 51 km deep
- 5.7153 km S of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.540 km ENE of Chamba, India · 50 km deep
- 4.638 km SE of Kakching, India · 56 km deep
- 5.018 km WNW of Seoni, India · 37 km deep
- 4.7217 km S of Port Blair, India · 75 km deep
- 4.834 km ENE of Bhadarw?h, India · 33 km deep
- 4.728 km E of Bhadarw?h, India · 22 km deep
- 5.044 km E of Bhadarw?h, India · 33 km deep
- 5.426 km ESE of Bhadarw?h, India · 50 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1976 in India.
- 6.458 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 27 km deep
- 5.7153 km S of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 5.4103 km NE of Sar?han, India · 18 km deep
- 5.426 km ESE of Bhadarw?h, India · 50 km deep
- 5.367 km SE of Kultali, India · 23 km deep
- 5.2128 km NNE of Thang, India · 84 km deep
- 5.060 km ENE of Sar?han, India · 29 km deep
- 5.018 km WNW of Seoni, India · 37 km deep
- 5.044 km E of Bhadarw?h, India · 33 km deep
- 4.946 km SSE of Tuensang, India · 84 km deep
- 4.954 km W of Sarupathar, India · 46 km deep
- 4.839 km NW of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.897 km NNE of Sar?han, India · 56 km deep
- 4.834 km ENE of Bhadarw?h, India · 33 km deep
- 4.753 km N of Bomdila, India · 33 km deep
- 4.737 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 63 km deep
- 4.7121 km NE of Port Blair, India · 119 km deep
- 4.7101 km ENE of Sar?han, India · 16 km deep
- 4.788 km SSW of Port Blair, India · 27 km deep
- 4.772 km NE of Tawang, India · 61 km deep
- 4.7107 km SE of Phek, India · 107 km deep
- 4.7217 km S of Port Blair, India · 75 km deep
- 4.728 km E of Bhadarw?h, India · 22 km deep
- 4.6171 km ENE of Leh, India · 15 km deep
- 4.638 km SE of Kakching, India · 56 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1976 | 5 | 5.4 | 26 km ESE of Bhadarw?h, India |
| February 1976 | 1 | 5.0 | 18 km WNW of Seoni, India |
| March 1976 | 1 | 4.6 | 38 km SE of Kakching, India |
| April 1976 | 2 | 5.7 | 153 km S of Port Blair, India |
| May 1976 | 2 | 4.7 | 107 km SE of Phek, India |
| June 1976 | 2 | 5.3 | 67 km SE of Kultali, India |
| July 1976 | 1 | 4.8 | 97 km NNE of Sar?han, India |
| August 1976 | 3 | 6.4 | 58 km NNE of Sarupathar, India |
| September 1976 | 3 | 5.4 | 103 km NE of Sar?han, India |
| October 1976 | 4 | 5.2 | 128 km NNE of Thang, India |
| November 1976 | 2 | 4.7 | 37 km NNE of Sarupathar, India |
| December 1976 | 2 | 4.9 | 46 km SSE of Tuensang, 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.
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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.