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Earthquakes in Sikkim

Latest earthquakes in Sikkim (India), the strongest recorded, statistics and nearby places.

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Latest eventM 2.839.0 km depth · 40 h ago77 km WNW of Gangtok, India
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Key statistics (30 days)

Earthquakes M2.5+ and the wildfire fronts shown on the map.

Recent events in Sikkim

Historical overview

Earthquakes M3.0+ and significant events of other hazards.

About Sikkim

Sikkim has recorded 42 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1980. The strongest was M6.9 in 2011.

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Earthquakes

42 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more since 1980. The strongest was M6.9.

Recent earthquakes

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
2.877 km WNW of Gangtok, India39.0 km
4.694 km NW of Gangtok, India10.0 km

Strongest earthquakes on record

MagLocationTime (UTC)Depth
6.964 km NW of Gangtok, India50.0 km
6.116 km ENE of Gangtok, India17.0 km
5.5109 km NNW of Gangtok, India79.1 km
5.323 km WNW of Gangtok, India30.0 km
5.236 km ESE of Gangtok, India10.0 km
5.221 km W of Gangtok, India9.9 km
5.185 km NW of Gangtok, India73.1 km
5.127 km ENE of Gangtok, India33.0 km
5.013 km NNW of Gangtok, India33.0 km
5.096 km NW of Gangtok, India33.0 km
4.9111 km NW of Gangtok, India33.0 km
4.979 km NW of Gangtok, India57.1 km
4.822 km N of Gangtok, India40.1 km
4.810 km S of Gangtok, India49.2 km
4.716 km W of Gangtok, India28.2 km

Earthquakes per year (M3.0+)

19802026
Year
20261M4.6
20241M4.4
20232M4.4
20221M4.0
20214M5.2
20191M4.4
20181M4.4
20161M4.3
20151M4.3
20131M5.2
20121M4.6
20114M6.9
20082M4.8
20071M4.0
20062M5.3
20053M4.7
20031M4.2
20021M3.9
19991M3.9
19982M5.1
19963M5.0
19921M4.9
19912M4.9
19901M5.5
19881M4.7
19821M5.1
19801M6.1

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