10 Most Devastating Earthquakes To Hit India

An Earthquake has the ability to change the face of the earth. India has faced several earthquakes over the past 100 years in different areas, cities and villages. These earthquakes have claimed many lives. Some of these earthquakes were so powerful that they were able to destroy cities, towns and villages altogether. The places which were full of life just before these earthquakes lied in the form of rumbles after these natural disasters. Here is the list of the major ones which caused a heavy damage to our country.

1. Kashmir Earthquake, 2005

The Kashmir Earthquake took place on 8^th October 2005 at about 8:50 Indian standard time and took place at about 95km north east of Islamabad around 125kms away of Srinagar and Jammu and Kashmir the earth quake had a strong magnitude of 7.6 and took the lives of around 120,000+ People.

2. Gujarat Earthquake, 2001

This earth quake had destroyed Gujrat in all possible terms. It took place on January 26^th, 2001 at about 8:50 Indian Standard Time with a magnitude of around 7.5-7.7. It took the lives of around 20,000 people.

3. Baluchistan Earthquake, 1935

The earth quake took place on May 31, 1935 at 3.02 Indian Standard time. It took place at Quetta, Baluchistan but the affected places were India subcontinents, which is now Pakistan. It took the lives of around 32,000 people.

4. Kangra Earth Quake, 1905

This was a big earth quake which took place of April 4, 1905 at 1:19 Indian Standard time and took the lives of more than 20,000 people. It was a big earthquake that took place in the Kangra region (Now it is Himachal Pradesh)

5. Indian Ocean Earthquake, 2004

This earthquake took place on December 26 in the year 2004 at about 9:28 Indian Standard Time it took place off the western coast of north Sumatra. This is one of the deadliest earthquakes in the history of the world and took the lives of around 283,000 and also killed around 14,000 people in India.

6. Nepal- Bihar Earthquake, 1934

The earthquake took place on January 15, 1934 at about 14:13 Indian standard time. The magnitude of the earth quake was about 8.0 and took the life of more than 10,000 people.

7. Nepal Earthquake, 2015

The earthquake took place on April 25, 2015 at about 11:41 Indian Standard time. The epicenter was in Lamjung, Nepal was felt in northern India, north east India and certain parts of Gujrat. The disaster took the lives of more than 8900 people.

8. Uttarkashi earthquake, 1991

It took place at 2:53 Indian Standard Time on October 20, 1991 and took the lives of more than 2,000 people. It had a magnitude of 7.0

9. Udaipur, Nepal 1988

It took place at 4:40 Indian Standard Time at 21^st August 1988. It costed the lives of around 800-1000 people and had a magnitude of 6.4-6.6.

10. Sikkim Earthquake, 2011

It took place on September 18, 2011 at about 18:10 Indian Standard time. The tremors were felt in Kolkata, Delhi, Lucknow and Jaipur and had a strong magnitude of around 6.9 and took the lives of 118 people.

These are the 10 earthquakes which had the highest impact and took the lives of many innocent people; we just hope we never have to update this list ever again.

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