India earthquakes in 1979
32 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1979. The largest: M5.9 western Xizang-India border region, May 21, 1979.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1979 was located in India. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1979
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.011 km S of Uttark?shi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.819 km SSE of Kishtw?r, India · 33 km deep
- 5.5100 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 5.2190 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.611 km WSW of Gyalshing, India · 33 km deep
- 5.2Nicobar Islands, India region · 34 km deep
- 4.6Nicobar Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.1113 km NNE of P?sigh?t, India · 33 km deep
- 4.663 km SSW of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.7200 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8214 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 25 km deep
- 4.8201 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 35 km deep
- 4.662 km E of Phek, India · 155 km deep
- 4.8114 km SE of Phek, India · 97 km deep
- 5.135 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 35 km deep
- 4.522 km NW of Sopur, India · 106 km deep
- 4.6195 km N of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.648 km ESE of Kishtw?r, India · 46 km deep
- 4.782 km SE of Phek, India · 109 km deep
- 5.367 km E of W?ngjing, India · 83 km deep
- 4.848 km W of Padam, India · 20 km deep
- 5.9western Xizang-India border region · 33 km deep
- 4.915 km E of Port Blair, India · 63 km deep
- 4.75 km NW of Mamit, India · 33 km deep
- 4.973 km SSE of Hayuliang, India · 52 km deep
- 4.5Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.595 km ENE of Yairipok, India · 33 km deep
- 4.6127 km NNE of Thang, India · 33 km deep
- 4.641 km WNW of Moir?ng, India · 33 km deep
- 4.748 km E of W?ngjing, India · 65 km deep
- 4.8138 km SSW of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8131 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1979 in India.
- 5.9western Xizang-India border region · 33 km deep
- 5.5100 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 5.367 km E of W?ngjing, India · 83 km deep
- 5.2190 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 5.2Nicobar Islands, India region · 34 km deep
- 5.1113 km NNE of P?sigh?t, India · 33 km deep
- 5.135 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 35 km deep
- 5.011 km S of Uttark?shi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.915 km E of Port Blair, India · 63 km deep
- 4.973 km SSE of Hayuliang, India · 52 km deep
- 4.819 km SSE of Kishtw?r, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8214 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 25 km deep
- 4.8201 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 35 km deep
- 4.8114 km SE of Phek, India · 97 km deep
- 4.848 km W of Padam, India · 20 km deep
- 4.8138 km SSW of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8131 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.7200 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.782 km SE of Phek, India · 109 km deep
- 4.75 km NW of Mamit, India · 33 km deep
- 4.748 km E of W?ngjing, India · 65 km deep
- 4.611 km WSW of Gyalshing, India · 33 km deep
- 4.6Nicobar Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.663 km SSW of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.662 km E of Phek, India · 155 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1979 | 1 | 4.8 | 131 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India |
| February 1979 | 1 | 4.8 | 138 km SSW of Port Blair, India |
| March 1979 | 5 | 4.7 | 48 km E of W?ngjing, India |
| April 1979 | 1 | 4.9 | 73 km SSE of Hayuliang, India |
| May 1979 | 6 | 5.9 | western Xizang-India border region |
| June 1979 | 2 | 4.6 | 195 km N of Shi Yomi, India |
| July 1979 | 3 | 5.1 | 35 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India |
| August 1979 | 5 | 4.8 | 214 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India |
| September 1979 | 1 | 5.1 | 113 km NNE of P?sigh?t, India |
| October 1979 | 2 | 5.2 | Nicobar Islands, India region |
| November 1979 | 1 | 4.6 | 11 km WSW of Gyalshing, India |
| December 1979 | 4 | 5.5 | 100 km NNE of Sarupathar, 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.