India earthquakes in 1978
37 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1978. The largest: M5.6 134 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India, Feb 8, 1978.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1978 was located in India. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1978
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.67 km SW of Kakching, India · 33 km deep
- 4.825 km NW of Khawhai, India · 33 km deep
- 4.72 km S of Chur?ch?ndpur, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8Nicobar Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.742 km ENE of Kishtw?r, India · 35 km deep
- 4.9116 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 55 km deep
- 5.129 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.582 km ENE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.5286 km E of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 5.021 km ENE of Dharamsala, India · 18 km deep
- 4.639 km SW of Sarupathar, India · 107 km deep
- 4.6268 km E of Leh, India · 57 km deep
- 4.9211 km ESE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.646 km NNE of Bomdila, India · 33 km deep
- 4.950 km NNE of Bomdila, India · 51 km deep
- 4.830 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.948 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.5141 km ENE of Man?li, India · 33 km deep
- 4.641 km SW of Lunglei, India · 40 km deep
- 4.663 km ENE of Yairipok, India · 33 km deep
- 4.810 km SSE of Serchh?p, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8174 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.620 km ENE of Kolasib, India · 39 km deep
- 4.7150 km NE of Thang, India · 33 km deep
- 4.699 km SSE of Hayuliang, India · 93 km deep
- 4.932 km NE of Kishtw?r, India · 36 km deep
- 4.9122 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.877 km ESE of W?ngjing, India · 109 km deep
- 4.8121 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.9119 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 5.6134 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 5.0113 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 5.5125 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.566 km NE of Sar?han, India · 60 km deep
- 5.1113 km E of W?ngjing, India · 100 km deep
- 4.716 km NNW of P?palkoti, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8266 km S of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1978 in India.
- 5.6134 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 5.5125 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 5.129 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 5.1113 km E of W?ngjing, India · 100 km deep
- 5.021 km ENE of Dharamsala, India · 18 km deep
- 5.0113 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.9116 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 55 km deep
- 4.9211 km ESE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.950 km NNE of Bomdila, India · 51 km deep
- 4.948 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.932 km NE of Kishtw?r, India · 36 km deep
- 4.9122 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.9119 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.825 km NW of Khawhai, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8Nicobar Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.830 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.810 km SSE of Serchh?p, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8174 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.877 km ESE of W?ngjing, India · 109 km deep
- 4.8121 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8266 km S of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.72 km S of Chur?ch?ndpur, India · 33 km deep
- 4.742 km ENE of Kishtw?r, India · 35 km deep
- 4.7150 km NE of Thang, India · 33 km deep
- 4.716 km NNW of P?palkoti, India · 33 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1978 | 4 | 5.1 | 113 km E of W?ngjing, India |
| February 1978 | 8 | 5.6 | 134 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India |
| March 1978 | 6 | 4.8 | 10 km SSE of Serchh?p, India |
| April 1978 | 6 | 4.9 | 50 km NNE of Bomdila, India |
| May 1978 | 1 | 4.9 | 211 km ESE of Port Blair, India |
| June 1978 | 4 | 5.0 | 21 km ENE of Dharamsala, India |
| July 1978 | 1 | 4.5 | 82 km ENE of Shi Yomi, India |
| August 1978 | 2 | 5.1 | 29 km NNE of Sarupathar, India |
| September 1978 | 1 | 4.7 | 42 km ENE of Kishtw?r, India |
| October 1978 | 2 | 4.8 | Nicobar Islands, India region |
| November 1978 | 0 | ||
| December 1978 | 2 | 4.8 | 25 km NW of Khawhai, 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.