India earthquakes in 1986
42 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in India in 1986. The largest: M6.0 238 km E of Leh, India, Jul 7, 1986.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1986 was located in India. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1986
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.822 km SE of Tezpur, India · 49 km deep
- 4.719 km SE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.561 km SSE of Phek, India · 86 km deep
- 4.514 km SW of Bomdila, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8297 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 126 km deep
- 5.286 km NNW of Sarupathar, India · 26 km deep
- 4.6195 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.7209 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8207 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 26 km deep
- 5.1163 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 76 km deep
- 4.8137 km ENE of Man?li, India · 33 km deep
- 5.228 km SE of Shillong, India · 43 km deep
- 4.8251 km ENE of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8253 km E of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 5.1278 km E of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 4.617 km S of Kishtw?r, India · 33 km deep
- 4.7240 km E of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 5.414 km N of Mon, India · 33 km deep
- 4.6191 km E of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 5.528 km SE of Rohru, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8234 km E of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 4.5228 km E of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 6.0238 km E of Leh, India · 9 km deep
- 5.014 km NE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 5.9293 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 80 km deep
- 4.993 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 103 km deep
- 4.5157 km NNE of Thang, India · 33 km deep
- 4.5Nicobar Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 5.511 km ENE of K?ngar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.715 km S of Jogindarnagar, India · 33 km deep
- 4.5114 km SE of Phek, India · 147 km deep
- 5.076 km E of W?ngjing, India · 85 km deep
- 4.6Andaman Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.6Nicobar Islands, India region · 33 km deep
- 4.566 km NNE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 5.342 km S of Nongstoin, India · 18 km deep
- 5.413 km SSE of Darlawn, India · 39 km deep
- 4.5290 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 6.0Nicobar Islands, India region · 27 km deep
- 5.07 km NE of K?rsiy?ng, India · 70 km deep
- 5.0169 km SE of Port Blair, India · 164 km deep
- 4.825 km NW of Saiha, India · 33 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1986 in India.
- 6.0238 km E of Leh, India · 9 km deep
- 6.0Nicobar Islands, India region · 27 km deep
- 5.9293 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 80 km deep
- 5.528 km SE of Rohru, India · 33 km deep
- 5.511 km ENE of K?ngar, India · 33 km deep
- 5.414 km N of Mon, India · 33 km deep
- 5.413 km SSE of Darlawn, India · 39 km deep
- 5.342 km S of Nongstoin, India · 18 km deep
- 5.286 km NNW of Sarupathar, India · 26 km deep
- 5.228 km SE of Shillong, India · 43 km deep
- 5.1163 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India · 76 km deep
- 5.1278 km E of Port Blair, India · 33 km deep
- 5.014 km NE of Sarupathar, India · 33 km deep
- 5.076 km E of W?ngjing, India · 85 km deep
- 5.07 km NE of K?rsiy?ng, India · 70 km deep
- 5.0169 km SE of Port Blair, India · 164 km deep
- 4.993 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India · 103 km deep
- 4.822 km SE of Tezpur, India · 49 km deep
- 4.8297 km SSE of Port Blair, India · 126 km deep
- 4.8207 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India · 26 km deep
- 4.8137 km ENE of Man?li, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8251 km ENE of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8253 km E of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 4.8234 km E of Leh, India · 33 km deep
- 4.825 km NW of Saiha, India · 33 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1986 | 5 | 6.0 | Nicobar Islands, India region |
| February 1986 | 2 | 5.4 | 13 km SSE of Darlawn, India |
| March 1986 | 2 | 4.6 | Nicobar Islands, India region |
| April 1986 | 5 | 5.5 | 11 km ENE of K?ngar, India |
| May 1986 | 3 | 4.9 | 93 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India |
| June 1986 | 2 | 5.9 | 293 km SSE of Port Blair, India |
| July 1986 | 8 | 6.0 | 238 km E of Leh, India |
| August 1986 | 3 | 5.1 | 278 km E of Port Blair, India |
| September 1986 | 3 | 5.2 | 28 km SE of Shillong, India |
| October 1986 | 3 | 4.8 | 207 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India |
| November 1986 | 5 | 5.2 | 86 km NNW of Sarupathar, India |
| December 1986 | 1 | 4.8 | 22 km SE of Tezpur, 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.