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India · Earthquake archives 2005

Explore earthquake activity year by year and month by month using the historical Quake Pulse database.

Events524
Largest magnitudeM 7.2
M6+5
M7+1
Average depth25.3 km

Monthly activity

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

January183 EventsMax M6.3 · M6+ 3February60 EventsMax M5.5 · M6+ 0March44 EventsMax M5.6 · M6+ 0April37 EventsMax M5.8 · M6+ 0May24 EventsMax M5.9 · M6+ 0June26 EventsMax M5.8 · M6+ 0July46 EventsMax M7.2 · M6+ 1August19 EventsMax M5.4 · M6+ 0September16 EventsMax M5.5 · M6+ 0October22 EventsMax M6.5 · M6+ 1November25 EventsMax M5.6 · M6+ 0December22 EventsMax M5.1 · M6+ 0

Strongest events

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 7.2Nicobar Islands, India region16.0 km2005-07-24 15:42:06 UTCView event →
M 6.5southeast Indian Ridge8.0 km2005-10-29 04:05:56 UTCView event →
M 6.3Nicobar Islands, India region30.0 km2005-01-24 04:16:47 UTCView event →
M 6.1Andaman Islands, India region23.2 km2005-01-04 09:13:12 UTCView event →
M 6.1Nicobar Islands, India region55.4 km2005-01-01 19:08:07 UTCView event →
M 5.9southeast Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-05-14 10:26:44 UTCView event →
M 5.846 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India25.8 km2005-06-01 20:06:41 UTCView event →
M 5.8southeast Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-04-09 02:08:28 UTCView event →
M 5.7165 km SW of Port Blair, India10.0 km2005-01-04 19:14:49 UTCView event →
M 5.6Mid-Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-11-22 09:48:45 UTCView event →
M 5.6Southwest Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-11-04 12:25:03 UTCView event →
M 5.6Nicobar Islands, India region31.3 km2005-07-25 03:26:17 UTCView event →
M 5.6Mid-Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-03-14 05:11:57 UTCView event →
M 5.5Nicobar Islands, India region30.0 km2005-09-13 14:32:57 UTCView event →
M 5.5southeast Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-09-08 12:57:49 UTCView event →
M 5.5146 km S of Port Blair, India49.6 km2005-07-13 00:29:29 UTCView event →
M 5.5141 km SW of Port Blair, India30.0 km2005-02-22 17:12:00 UTCView event →
M 5.5230 km SE of Port Blair, India39.5 km2005-02-02 01:30:22 UTCView event →
M 5.5Mid-Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-01-23 03:32:27 UTCView event →
M 5.5Andaman Islands, India region30.0 km2005-01-22 18:38:14 UTCView event →
M 5.5Andaman Islands, India region25.7 km2005-01-15 07:46:53 UTCView event →
M 5.5135 km SSW of Port Blair, India22.5 km2005-01-09 23:20:37 UTCView event →
M 5.5133 km SW of Bamboo Flat, India10.5 km2005-01-06 11:55:43 UTCView event →
M 5.5Nicobar Islands, India region10.0 km2005-01-01 22:28:13 UTCView event →
M 5.5Nicobar Islands, India region27.0 km2005-01-01 14:29:11 UTCView event →
M 5.4Mid-Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-11-22 09:57:08 UTCView event →
M 5.498 km SSW of Port Blair, India22.8 km2005-10-11 03:37:56 UTCView event →
M 5.4western Indian-Antarctic Ridge10.0 km2005-08-04 12:57:34 UTCView event →
M 5.4Nicobar Islands, India region5.1 km2005-08-03 23:43:47 UTCView event →
M 5.4185 km SSE of Port Blair, India25.5 km2005-02-20 23:08:03 UTCView event →
M 5.4256 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India35.6 km2005-02-06 04:24:18 UTCView event →
M 5.4227 km SE of Port Blair, India32.0 km2005-02-01 10:35:16 UTCView event →
M 5.4Nicobar Islands, India region6.7 km2005-01-06 00:29:08 UTCView event →
M 5.3Nicobar Islands, India region46.7 km2005-10-05 12:19:09 UTCView event →
M 5.3Southwest Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-09-22 16:19:42 UTCView event →
M 5.3western Indian-Antarctic Ridge10.0 km2005-09-21 04:29:32 UTCView event →
M 5.3Nicobar Islands, India region33.5 km2005-07-29 12:27:01 UTCView event →
M 5.3Nicobar Islands, India region25.5 km2005-07-26 06:32:11 UTCView event →
M 5.3181 km SSE of Port Blair, India36.8 km2005-07-04 16:07:36 UTCView event →
M 5.3287 km SSW of Port Blair, India19.8 km2005-05-04 02:32:41 UTCView event →
M 5.3191 km SSE of Port Blair, India25.9 km2005-04-17 21:37:53 UTCView event →
M 5.3230 km SE of Port Blair, India43.6 km2005-02-01 13:54:38 UTCView event →
M 5.3Nicobar Islands, India region35.8 km2005-01-29 01:13:44 UTCView event →
M 5.3231 km SSE of Port Blair, India30.0 km2005-01-27 21:00:44 UTCView event →
M 5.3Nicobar Islands, India region30.0 km2005-01-09 01:59:13 UTCView event →
M 5.3Nicobar Islands, India region30.0 km2005-01-07 10:49:14 UTCView event →
M 5.3133 km SE of Port Blair, India107.0 km2005-01-06 07:54:25 UTCView event →
M 5.3Nicobar Islands, India region30.0 km2005-01-06 04:52:42 UTCView event →
M 5.28 km SSW of Uri, India10.0 km2005-10-15 04:24:06 UTCView event →
M 5.2Nicobar Islands, India region31.7 km2005-09-06 11:10:29 UTCView event →
M 5.2Nicobar Islands, India region30.9 km2005-07-25 12:43:46 UTCView event →
M 5.2Mid-Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-05-26 22:34:32 UTCView event →
M 5.2southeast Indian Ridge3.1 km2005-05-14 11:15:54 UTCView event →
M 5.2southeast Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-05-14 11:13:20 UTCView event →
M 5.2231 km SSE of Port Blair, India25.0 km2005-04-03 14:42:49 UTCView event →
M 5.269 km NNW of Bamboo Flat, India30.0 km2005-03-23 09:17:06 UTCView event →
M 5.2245 km SSW of Port Blair, India30.0 km2005-03-12 22:43:32 UTCView event →
M 5.2Mid-Indian Ridge10.0 km2005-02-03 04:27:52 UTCView event →
M 5.2158 km N of Bamboo Flat, India30.0 km2005-01-29 05:44:13 UTCView event →
M 5.2144 km SW of Port Blair, India30.0 km2005-01-27 05:51:00 UTCView event →

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

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