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The following is a list of earthquakes in South Asia.

Map showing South Asia.


Date Time Place Lat. Long. Fatalities Comments Magnitude
January 3, 2016 23:05:20.20 UTC, 04:35:20 IST Jan 6 Imphal, Manipur India
see 2016 Imphal earthquake
24.876°N 93.628°E 11 Dead, 200 Injured The quake struck 55 kilometers (34 miles) below the Earth's surface. Lighter ground shaking was reported over a wide region as much as 1,000 km (620 miles) from the epicenter. 6.7, Lasted
45 seconds
October 26, 2015 02:10:00 UTC, 5:10:00 Local Time October 26 Afghanistan Pakistan India
see 2015 South Asia earthquake
36.524°N 70.368°E 399   7.5
April 25, 2015 06:11:26 UTC, 11:56:26 Local Time April 25 Lamjung Nepal
see 2015 Nepal earthquake
28.15°N 84.71°E 9,018 80 km (50 miles) NW of Kathmandu, Nepal, 34 km (21 mi) ESE of Lamjung, Nepal 7.9
October 8, 2005 03:50:38 UTC, 08:50:38 Local Time October 8 Kashmir Pakistan India
see 2005 Kashmir earthquake
34.43°N 73.54°E 80,000 95 km (59 miles) NE of Islamabad, Pakistan, 125 km (78 mi) WNW of Srinagar, India (pop 894,000) 7.6
December 26, 2004 00:58:53 UTC, 07:58:53 Local Time December 26 off NW of Sumatra, India Sri Lanka Maldives see 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 3.30°N 95.87°E 280,000 Third or fourth largest earthquake ever recorded 9.3
January 26, 2001 08:50:00 Local Time January 26 Kutchh see 2001 Gujarat earthquake 23.6N 69.8E 20,000 Epicenter in Kutch, loss of life in Ahmedabad and Kutch 7.9
September 29, 1993 03:50:38 UTC, 22:25 Local Time September 29 Latur-Killari, India see 1993 Latur earthquake 18.08°N 76.52°E 9,748   6.2
August 15, 1950 Tibetan Plateau (Arunachal PradeshChina border), India
see 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake
28.5°N 96.7°E   Largest earthquake recorded in mainland India since Independence Day in 1947. 8.7
January 15, 1934 2:13 PM (I.S.T.) Bihar, India
see 1934 Nepal–India earthquake
25°N 85°E   The 1934 Nepal–India earthquake or 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed. 8.3
June 12, 1897 Shillong Plateau, India
see 1897 Assam earthquake
26°N 91°E   8.3
August 26, 1833 10:58 PM (N.S.T.) Kathmandu, Nepal
see 1833 Bihar–Nepal earthquake
28.3°N 85.5°E ~500 7.7–7.9
June 16, 1819 18:45 to 18:50 Kutch District, Gujarat, India

see 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake

23.0°N 71.0°E >1000 8.2

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