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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]]. The cause is said to have been from a 20 mile long fissure below the [[Jaintia Hills]], situated north of the [[Sylhet region]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Assam District Gazetteers|volume=2|year=1905|location=[[Calcutta]]|author=B C Allen|publisher=[[Government of Assam]]|page=13|chapter=Physical Aspects}}</ref>{{clear}}
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]].
 
==Earthquake==
The cause is said to have been from a {{convert|32|km}} long fissure below the [[Jaintia Hills]], situated north of the [[Sylhet region]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Assam District Gazetteers|volume=2|year=1905|location=[[Calcutta]]|author=B C Allen|publisher=[[Government of Assam]]|page=13|chapter=Physical Aspects}}</ref>{{clear}}


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<ref name=Ambraseys>{{Cite journal|last=Ambraseys|first=N. N.|authorlink=Nicholas Ambraseys|last2=Douglas|first2=J.|date=2004|title=Magnitude calibration of north Indian earthquakes|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=159|issue=1|page=179|doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02323.x|issn=0956-540X|bibcode=2004GeoJI.159..165A|doi-access=free}}</ref>
<ref name=Ambraseys>{{Cite journal|last=Ambraseys|first=N. N.|authorlink=Nicholas Ambraseys|last2=Douglas|first2=J.|date=2004|title=Magnitude calibration of north Indian earthquakes|journal=Geophysical Journal International|volume=159|issue=1|page=179|doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02323.x|issn=0956-540X|bibcode=2004GeoJI.159..165A|doi-access=free}}</ref>
<ref name=Martin>{{citation|title=A Catalog of Felt Intensity Data for 570 Earthquakes in India from 1636 to 2009|url=http://www.bssaonline.org/content/100/2/562.abstract|first=S.|last=Martin|first2=W.|last2=Szeliga|year=2010|journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America|publisher=[[Seismological Society of America]]|series=Electronic Supplement (table S2)|volume=100|number=2|pages=562–569|doi=10.1785/0120080328|bibcode=2010BuSSA.100..562M}}</ref>
<ref name=Martin>{{citation|title=A Catalog of Felt Intensity Data for 570 Earthquakes in India from 1636 to 2009|url=http://www.bssaonline.org/content/100/2/562.abstract|first=S.|last=Martin|first2=W.|last2=Szeliga|year=2010|journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America|series=Electronic Supplement (table S2)|volume=100|number=2|pages=562–569|doi=10.1785/0120080328|bibcode=2010BuSSA.100..562M}}</ref>
<ref name=NGDC>{{citation|title=Significant Earthquake Database|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1|author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS)|publisher=[[National Geophysical Data Center]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|year = 1972|type = Data Set}}</ref>
<ref name=NGDC>{{citation|title=Significant Earthquake Database|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1|author=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS)|publisher=[[National Geophysical Data Center]], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K|year = 1972|type = Data Set}}</ref>
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==Further reading==
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*{{citation|title=The Cachar earthquake of 1869|first=W. M.|last=Davis|authorlink=William Morris Davis|year=1883|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|volume=ns-1|issue=3|page=67|doi=10.1126/science.ns-1.3.67|pmid=17814146|bibcode=1883Sci.....1...67D|jstor=1759469|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1448317}}
*{{citation|title=The Cachar earthquake of 1869|first=W. M.|last=Davis|authorlink=William Morris Davis|year=1883|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|publisher=[[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]|volume=ns-1|issue=3|page=67|doi=10.1126/science.ns-1.3.67|pmid=17814146|bibcode=1883Sci.....1...67D|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1448317}}
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Revision as of 14:52, 4 October 2021

1869 Cachar earthquake
1869 Cachar earthquake is located in India
1869 Cachar earthquake
Local dateJanuary 10, 1869 (1869-01-10)
Magnitude7.4 Mw[1]
Epicenter25°30′N 93°00′E / 25.5°N 93.0°E / 25.5; 93.0[1]
Areas affectedIndia
Total damageSevere[2]
Max. intensityVII (Damaging)[3]
Casualties2[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.

Earthquake

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]

Selected EMS-98 intensities
Intensity Locations
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ B C Allen (1905). "Physical Aspects". Assam District Gazetteers. Vol. 2. Calcutta: Government of Assam. p. 13.

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