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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

This document contains two tables summarizing major earthquake events globally and in India. The global table lists 24 significant earthquakes from 1556 to 2020, including location, magnitude, and deaths. The Indian table lists 20 earthquakes from 1833 to 2019, with similar details. Major quakes caused deaths ranging from hundreds to millions. The most deadly included the 1976 Tangshan, China quake (750,000 deaths) and the 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia quake (220,000 deaths). This information provides historical context on consequential earthquakes around the world and in India.

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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

This document contains two tables summarizing major earthquake events globally and in India. The global table lists 24 significant earthquakes from 1556 to 2020, including location, magnitude, and deaths. The Indian table lists 20 earthquakes from 1833 to 2019, with similar details. Major quakes caused deaths ranging from hundreds to millions. The most deadly included the 1976 Tangshan, China quake (750,000 deaths) and the 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia quake (220,000 deaths). This information provides historical context on consequential earthquakes around the world and in India.

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GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

ASSIGNMENT-01
Submitted by

BIJESH PAUL

ROLL NO. 320419035

Reg. No. 320419035 of 2019-20

Date-13/01/2020

Semester-Second (2)

Department of Civil Engineering

Master of Technology in Civil Engineering


(Field of specialization: Geotechnical Engineering)

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Howrah – 711 103

November, 2019
GLOBAL EARTHQUAKE SCENARIO
Sl.No. YEAR LOCATION MAGNITUDE DEATH

1 1556 Shaanxi, China 8.0 8,30,000


2 1906 San Francisco, California 7.9 700-3,000
3 1920 China 7.8 2,73,400
4 1923 Kanto, Japan 7.9 1,42,800
5 1948 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 7.3 1,10,000
6 1960 Chile 9.5 1,000-7,000
7 1964 Alaska, USA 9.2 131
8 1976 China 7.8 7,00,000
9 1995 Kobe, Japan 7.2 5,472
10 2001 Bhuj, Gujarat, India 7.7 1,00,000
11 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia 9.1 2,20,000
12 2005 Pakistan 7.6 1,00,000
13 2008 China 7.9 90,000
14 2010 Haiti 7.0 1,00,000
15 2011 Japan 9.1 1,00,000
16 2013 Pakistan 7.7 825
17 2014 China 6.1 729
18 2015 Nepal 7.8 9,000
19 2016 Ecuador 7.8 700
20 2017 Iran 7.3 630
21 2018 Indonesia 7.5 4340
22 2018 Fizi 8.2 0
23 2019 Peru 8.0 2
24 7/1/2020 Puerto Rico 6.4 1

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Howrah – 711 103

November, 2019
INDIAN EARTHQUAKE SCENARIO
Sl.No. YEAR LOCATION MAGNITUDE DEATH

1 1833 Nepal 8.0 6,500


2 1897 Shillong 8.0 1,542
3 1905 Kangra, Himachal Pradesh 7.8 >20,000
4 1934 Nepal-Bihar 8.0 12,000
5 1941 Andaman Island 7.7-8.1 8,000
6 1950 Assam 8.6 4,800
7 1956 Anjar, Gujarat 6.1 115
8 1967 Koynanagar, Maharashtra 6.6 180
9 1975 Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh 6.8 47
10 1991 Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand 6.8 2,000
11 1993 Latur, Maharashtra 6.2 10,000
12 1997 Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 5.8 56
13 1999 Chamoli, Uttar Pradesh 6.8 103
14 2001 Bhuj, Gujarat 7.7 1,00,000
15 2005 Kashmir 7.6 87,351
16 2011 Sikkim 6.9 111
17 2015 Nepal 7.8 8,964
18 2016 Imphal 6.7 11
19 2017 Ambassa, Tripura 5.7 3
20 20/12/2019 Hindu Kush Mountains 6.8

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Howrah – 711 103

November, 2019

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