1869_Cachar_earthquake Knowpia

1869 Cachar earthquake
Local date	January 10, 1869
Magnitude	7.4 Mw
Epicenter	25°30′N 93°00′E / 25.5°N 93.0°E
Areas affected	India
Total damage	Severe
Max. intensity	EMS-98 VII (Damaging)
Casualties	2

The 1869 Cachar earthquake occurred on 10 January with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.4 and a maximum EMS-98 intensity of VII (Damaging). Two people were killed and damage was considered severe. The earthquake was felt in Upper Burma, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal and Northeast India.

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The cause is said to have been from a 32 kilometres (20 mi) long fissure below the Jaintia Hills, situated north of the Sylhet region.^[4]

Intensity	Locations
Selected EMS-98 intensities
VII (Damaging)	Silchar, Imphal
VI (Slightly damaging)	Golaghat, Sylhet
V (Strong)	Dhaka
IV (Largely observed)	Kolkata
III (Weak)	Hazaribagh
II (Scarcely felt)	Midnapore
Martin & Szeliga 2010

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^ ^a ^b Ambraseys, N. N.; Douglas, J. (2004). "Magnitude calibration of north Indian earthquakes". Geophysical Journal International. 159 (1): 179. Bibcode:2004GeoJI.159..165A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02323.x. ISSN 0956-540X.
^ ^a ^b National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
^ Martin, S.; Szeliga, W. (2010), "A Catalog of Felt Intensity Data for 570 Earthquakes in India from 1636 to 2009", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Electronic Supplement (table S2), 100 (2): 562–569, Bibcode:2010BuSSA.100..562M, doi:10.1785/0120080328, archived from the original on 2016-11-12, retrieved 2017-05-20
^ B C Allen (1905). "Physical Aspects". Assam District Gazetteers. Vol. 2. Calcutta: Government of Assam. p. 13.

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Local date	January 10, 1869 (1869-01-10)
Magnitude	7.4 M_w^[1]
Epicenter	25°30′N 93°00′E / 25.5°N 93.0°E / 25.5; 93.0^[1]
Areas affected	India
Total damage	Severe^[2]
Max. intensity	EMS-98 VII (Damaging)^[3]
Casualties	2^[2]