India earthquakes in 1981
41 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1981. The largest: M5.7 57 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India, Nov 3, 1981.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1981 was located in India. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1981
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.5Nicobar Islands, India region · 51 km deep
- 4.515 km SSW of Doda, India · 65 km deep
- 4.5168 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 28 km deep
- 4.695 km SE of Phek, India · 105 km deep
- 4.522 km N of Bomdila, India · 33 km deep
- 4.6Nicobar Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.734 km NE of Saiha, India · 49 km deep
- 4.767 km E of Phek, India · 62 km deep
- 4.64 km NNW of Kishtw?r, India · 33 km deep
- 5.757 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.5182 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.5164 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.9163 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.5208 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.510 km NNW of Doda, India · 33 km deep
- 4.61 km SW of Guru Har Sah?i, India · 52 km deep
- 4.554 km ESE of Thang, India · 49 km deep
- 4.535 km S of Khonsa, India · 37 km deep
- 4.8135 km ENE of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 5.261 km SE of Khonsa, India · 80 km deep
- 4.785 km E of W?ngjing, India · 90 km deep
- 4.7280 km E of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8105 km SW of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.816 km NW of Doda, India · 58 km deep
- 4.618 km ENE of Rohru, India · 33 km deep
- 5.1282 km ESE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.858 km E of Yairipok, India · 72 km deep
- 4.520 km NNE of Dalhousie, India · 50 km deep
- 4.94 km NW of Soy?bug, India · 33 km deep
- 4.763 km SSE of Chur?ch?ndpur, India · 59 km deep
- 5.055 km ENE of Sar?han, India · 33 km deep
- 5.6western Xizang-India border region · 33 km deep
- 4.827 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 5.7119 km SE of Phek, India · 148 km deep
- 4.6105 km E of W?ngjing, India · 135 km deep
- 4.737 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.714 km W of Bokaj?n, India · 33 km deep
- 4.933 km NE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.689 km SSW of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.5111 km ENE of Thang, India · 33 km deep
- 4.946 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1981 in India.
- 5.757 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 5.7119 km SE of Phek, India · 148 km deep
- 5.6western Xizang-India border region · 33 km deep
- 5.261 km SE of Khonsa, India · 80 km deep
- 5.1282 km ESE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 5.055 km ENE of Sar?han, India · 33 km deep
- 4.9163 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.94 km NW of Soy?bug, India · 33 km deep
- 4.933 km NE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.946 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8135 km ENE of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8105 km SW of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.816 km NW of Doda, India · 58 km deep
- 4.858 km E of Yairipok, India · 72 km deep
- 4.827 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 4.734 km NE of Saiha, India · 49 km deep
- 4.767 km E of Phek, India · 62 km deep
- 4.785 km E of W?ngjing, India · 90 km deep
- 4.7280 km E of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.763 km SSE of Chur?ch?ndpur, India · 59 km deep
- 4.737 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.714 km W of Bokaj?n, India · 33 km deep
- 4.695 km SE of Phek, India · 105 km deep
- 4.6Nicobar Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.64 km NNW of Kishtw?r, India · 33 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1981 | 2 | 4.9 | 46 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India |
| February 1981 | 3 | 4.9 | 33 km NE of Sarupathar, India |
| March 1981 | 1 | 4.7 | 37 km NNE of Sarupathar, India |
| April 1981 | 3 | 5.7 | 119 km SE of Phek, India |
| May 1981 | 1 | 5.6 | western Xizang-India border region |
| June 1981 | 3 | 5.0 | 55 km ENE of Sar?han, India |
| July 1981 | 2 | 4.8 | 58 km E of Yairipok, India |
| August 1981 | 8 | 5.2 | 61 km SE of Khonsa, India |
| September 1981 | 4 | 4.6 | 1 km SW of Guru Har Sah?i, India |
| October 1981 | 4 | 4.9 | 163 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India |
| November 1981 | 5 | 5.7 | 57 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India |
| December 1981 | 5 | 4.6 | 95 km SE of Phek, 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.