11 Earthquakes Recorded in Northeast Region in January

Staff Reporter

Guwahati: The Northeast region of India lies in seismic zone V in the country, which is considered one of the most seismically active zones in the world, and the region witnessed a total of 11 quakes in the month of January 2025.

According to a report on real time earthquake location by the National Center for Seismology for the month of January 2025, of the 11 quakes in the Northeast region, Manipur recorded the highest of 8 quakes, and one each was recorded in Assam, Arunachal and Meghalaya.

The report from the National Center for Seismology says that it maintains a National Seismological Network of 166 stations each having state of art equipment and spreading all across the country.  Using these stations during the period January 1-31,  2025, a total number of 340 earthquakes have been located and disseminated from the center, out of which 334 earthquakes has occurred in India and its neighbourhood region, bounded by the coordinates 0-40°N & 60-100°E.

During this period, the majority of earthquakes within India and its neighbourhood region bounded by the coordinates 0-40°N & 60-100°E were located in Hindu Kush region, North India (Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand), and the North East region (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur).

Out of the total 340 earthquakes, 59% and 30% earthquakes occurred in the magnitude range 3.0-3.9 and 4.0-4.9 respectively, whereas nine earthquakes in the magnitude range 5.0-5.9 occurred during the period of which two were outside the grid of 0-40°N & 60-100°E. All the four earthquakes in the magnitude range of 6.0-6.9 occurred outside the grid of 0-40°N & 60-100E. Moreover, one earthquake of magnitude of M:7.1 occurred in the Tibet region within the grid of 0-40°N & 60-100°E.

A total of 30 earthquakes occurred within Indian territory; of which 8 earthquakes occurred in Manipur and 7 in Uttarakhand during the period. Out of the 30 earthquakes within Indian territory, 14 and 11 earthquakes occurred in North and North-East region respectively.

However, there was sparse activity in central and western part of the country and no activity reported in southern and eastern part of the country during the period from January 1-31, 2025.

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