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1905 Kangra earthquake
1905 Kangra earthquake is located in India
1905 Kangra earthquake
UTC time1905-04-04 00:50:00
ISC event16957848
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local date4 April 1905 (1905-04-04)
Local timeEarly morning
Magnitude7.8 Ms[1]
Epicenter33°00′N 76°00′E / 33.0°N 76.0°E / 33.0; 76.0[2]
FaultMain Himalayan Thrust
Areas affectedColonial India
Max. intensityEMS-98 IX (Destructive)[3]
MMI X (Extreme)[4][5]
Casualties>20,000[2][1][6]

The 1905 Kangra earthquake occurred in the Kangra Valley and the Kangra region of the Punjab Province (modern day Himachal Pradesh) in India on 4 April 1905. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the surface wave magnitude scale and killed more than 20,000 people. Apart from this, most buildings in the towns of Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala were destroyed.[7][8][9]

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  4. ^ Sharma, B.; Chopra, S.; Kumar, V. (2016). "Simulation of strong ground motion for 1905 Kangra earthquake and a possible megathrust earthquake (Mw 8.5) in western Himalaya (India) using Empirical Green's Function technique". Natural Hazards. 80: 487–503. doi:10.1007/s11069-015-1979-0. S2CID 129961165. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  5. ^ Ghosh GK, Mahajan AK (2013). "Intensity attenuation relation at Chamba–Garhwal area in north-west Himalaya with epicentral distance and magnitude" (PDF). Journal of Earth System Science. 122 (1): 107–122. Bibcode:2013JESS..122..107G. doi:10.1007/s12040-012-0261-z. S2CID 140177028. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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  7. ^ Dharamsala Earthquake 1905 – Images
  8. ^ History Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Kangra district Official website.
  9. ^ Earthquakes The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 1, p. 98.

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