India earthquakes in 1983
61 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1983. The largest: M6.8 166 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India, Jan 25, 1983.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
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Where every quake of 1983 was located in India. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1983
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.0Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.7Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.6Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.8Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.7Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.1Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.8Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.5Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.7Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.8Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.8Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.9Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.8Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.0Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.0Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.4Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.9287 km ENE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.6Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.9Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.7299 km ENE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.7Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.7Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.8Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.8Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.9294 km ENE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 5.0Andaman Islands, India region · 35 km deep
- 4.8Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.7Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.171 km W of Sarupathar, India · 139 km deep
- 4.8224 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 70 km deep
- 4.848 km ENE of Yairipok, India · 61 km deep
- 4.7175 km SE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.626 km ENE of Banih?l, India · 33 km deep
- 4.985 km NE of Tawang, India · 33 km deep
- 5.38 km E of Pātan, India · 17 km deep
- 5.2123 km E of Phek, India · 33 km deep
- 5.3Nicobar Islands, India region · 54 km deep
- 4.514 km E of Ghoti Budrukh, India · 33 km deep
- 5.667 km SSE of Phek, India · 63 km deep
- 5.1107 km E of W?ngjing, India · 125 km deep
- 4.595 km NE of Port Blair, India · 102 km deep
- 4.9Nicobar Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.895 km ESE of Tuensang, India · 113 km deep
- 5.0201 km E of Leh, India · 47 km deep
- 4.753 km SSW of Sarupathar, India · 40 km deep
- 4.6266 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 129 km deep
- 4.8Nicobar Islands, India region · 37 km deep
- 5.082 km N of Tezu, India · 33 km deep
- 5.3135 km ENE of Man?li, India · 33 km deep
- 4.9135 km NE of Thang, India · 41 km deep
- 5.2137 km N of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 5.0157 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 99 km deep
- 5.223 km ENE of Rang?p?ra, India · 33 km deep
- 4.846 km WNW of Sarupathar, India · 105 km deep
- 6.8166 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 78 km deep
- 4.913 km N of Nongstoin, India · 10 km deep
- 4.6eastern Xizang-India border region · 33 km deep
- 4.730 km S of North Vanlaiphai, India · 151 km deep
- 4.658 km N of Sarupathar, India · 43 km deep
- 5.079 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 25 km deep
- 5.154 km SE of W?ngjing, India · 76 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1983 in India.
- 6.8166 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 78 km deep
- 5.667 km SSE of Phek, India · 63 km deep
- 5.4Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.38 km E of Pātan, India · 17 km deep
- 5.3Nicobar Islands, India region · 54 km deep
- 5.3135 km ENE of Man?li, India · 33 km deep
- 5.2123 km E of Phek, India · 33 km deep
- 5.2137 km N of Bamboo Flat, India · 33 km deep
- 5.223 km ENE of Rang?p?ra, India · 33 km deep
- 5.1Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.171 km W of Sarupathar, India · 139 km deep
- 5.1107 km E of W?ngjing, India · 125 km deep
- 5.154 km SE of W?ngjing, India · 76 km deep
- 5.0Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.0Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.0Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.0Andaman Islands, India region · 35 km deep
- 5.0201 km E of Leh, India · 47 km deep
- 5.082 km N of Tezu, India · 33 km deep
- 5.0157 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 99 km deep
- 5.079 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 25 km deep
- 4.9Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.9287 km ENE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.9Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.9294 km ENE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1983 | 8 | 6.8 | 166 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India |
| February 1983 | 5 | 5.3 | 135 km ENE of Man?li, India |
| March 1983 | 2 | 5.0 | 82 km N of Tezu, India |
| April 1983 | 2 | 4.7 | 53 km SSW of Sarupathar, India |
| May 1983 | 1 | 5.0 | 201 km E of Leh, India |
| June 1983 | 2 | 4.9 | Nicobar Islands, India region |
| July 1983 | 1 | 4.5 | 95 km NE of Port Blair, India |
| August 1983 | 2 | 5.6 | 67 km SSE of Phek, India |
| September 1983 | 4 | 5.3 | 8 km E of Pātan, India |
| October 1983 | 5 | 4.9 | 85 km NE of Tawang, India |
| November 1983 | 1 | 5.1 | 71 km W of Sarupathar, India |
| December 1983 | 28 | 5.4 | Andaman Islands, India region |
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.