M 7.7 earthquake – 18 km NW of Bhachāu, India
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Local time: Jan 26, 2001 · 08:46 (UTC+5:30)
MajorShallow · 16 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.7moment magnitude (mwc)
- Depth
- 16 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 23.419, 70.23218 km from Bhachāu
- Energy released
- 5.4 megatons of TNTabout 357 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 9.4max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 88M2.5+ within 190 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 912USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 5.4 megatons of TNT, 11,220 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
88 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 190 km in the 60 days after.
- 5.3 17 km E of Bhuj, India Jan 26, 2001
- 4.9 18 km NNW of Anjār, India Jan 26, 2001
- 5.2 19 km NNW of Anjār, India Jan 26, 2001
- 5.1 6 km S of Bhachāu, India Jan 26, 2001
- 4.6 24 km NW of Rāpar, India Jan 26, 2001
- 4.8 9 km NE of Bhachāu, India Jan 26, 2001
- 4.9 24 km NNW of Bhachāu, India Jan 26, 2001
- 4.4 49 km N of Bhuj, India Jan 26, 2001
- 5.5 23 km NNW of Anjār, India Jan 26, 2001
- 4.7 25 km S of Rāpar, India Jan 26, 2001
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around India.
- 6.3 33 km WNW of Rāpar, India Oct 31, 1940
- 6.0 20 km NNE of Anjār, India Jul 21, 1956
- 5.8 15 km WSW of Rāpar, India Jan 28, 2001
- 5.5 14 km E of Bhachāu, India Apr 6, 2006
- 5.5 34 km NE of Rāpar, India Mar 7, 2006
- 5.5 23 km NNW of Anjār, India Jan 26, 2001
- 5.4 41 km NW of Bhachāu, India Feb 19, 2001
- 5.4 7 km SE of Bhachāu, India Jan 28, 2001