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Wednesday 22 December 2021

The 1803 NORTH INDIA EARTHQUAKE

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THE 1803 NORTH INDIA EARTHQUAKE
 
On the morning of 1st September 1803 at 1.30 am an earthquake struck north India with the likely epicenter somewhere in Uttarkashi. It sent Shockwaves over a large area of north India from Punjab to Calcutta. 

The earthquake damaged the upper part of Qutub Minar in Delhi and  Imaumbarah in Lucknow. 

At Barahat , Uttarkashi,  the earthquake laid great part of it in ruins, and killed over 300 of the inhabitants, besides great numbers of cattle. Srinagar (Garhwal) was turned into ruins. The magnitude of the earthquake was likely to be around Eight.

Here is a link for details:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1803_Garhwal_earthquake


 

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