Chronology of major earthquakes in India
Here is a list of major earthquakes to have struck India following a quake in Sikkim that rocked northeast India and the surrounding region late on Sunday.
September 18, 2011: Border between India's Sikkim state and Nepal, magnitude 6.9, kills at least 45 people in India, Nepal and Tibet
August 11, 2009: Off India's Andaman Islands, magnitude 7.6, only property damage reported
February 14, 2006: Sikkim, magnitude 5.7, damages historic buildings but causes no deaths
October 8, 2005: Pakistan and India, magnitude 7.6, kills more than 73,000 people, mainly in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and 1,300 in Indian Kashmir
December 26, 2004: India's coastal regions hit by Asian tsunami, triggered by massive earthquake off Indonesia, kills at least 11,000 Indians
January 26, 2001: Western state of Gujarat, magnitude 6.7, more than 20,000 people killed
March 29, 1999: Northern state of Uttar Pradesh, magnitude 6.8, more than 100 dead
May 22, 1997: Central state of Madhya Pradesh, magnitude 6.0, 40 dead
September 30, 1993: Western state of Maharashtra, magnitude 6.3, 7,601 dead
October 20, 1991: Himalayan foothills of Uttar Pradesh state, magnitude 6.6, 768 killed
August 21, 1988: Indo-Nepal border, magnitude 6.5, about 1,000 killed
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