Earthquakes in India

The major earthquakes in India during the British period are detailed in

1819 Earthquake at Kutch
1897 Assam earthquake
1905 Kangra earthquake
1934 Bihar earthquake
1935 Quetta earthquake. Also mentions the large August 1931 earthquakes at Sharigh and Mach, in the area between the Bolan Pass and Quetta

External links

Earthquake Risk Profile Risk Reduction & Technical Capacity in the EAS Member Countries by Sudhir K Jain. nidm.gov.in, now archived. Presentation slides.
"Historical Developments And Current Status of Earthquake Engineering in India" by Sudhir K. Jain Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000. nicee.org
"Historical Developments in India Towards Seismic Safety and Lessons for Future" by Sudhir K. Jain The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China. iitk.ac.in
Some Historical Developments Towards Seismic Safety in India by Sudhir K Jain. Presentation slides. Pdf to download, afps-seisme.org, now archived, which depending on your browser, you may need to locate in your download folder. Possibly the presentation slides for the previous article.
Introduction to Earthquake Engineering by Durgesh C. Rai, Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, now an archived page. May be slow to open.

Records of the Geological Survey of India appear to contain articles on earthquakes. There are two extensive collections of this title by Google Books from Stanford University and Miscellaneous Universities which do not display full view. However, at least up until date of publication 1938, if you click on a Google Books webpage for an individual edition, then click at the bottom of that webpage on "Report an issue" you can request that the edition be available full view, on the basis it is out of copyright. As examples, the following are available full view:
- "Preliminary Geological Report on the Baluchistan (Quetta) Earthquake of May 31st, 1935". With Plates by W D West, Assistant Superintendent, Geological Survey of India, page 203-241 Records of the Geological Survey of India, Volume 69 1936. The Plates are some pages later in the book. Google Books.
- "A Seismological Study of the Baluchistan (Quetta) Earthquake of May 31,1935" by K.R. Ramanathan and S.M. Mukherji. Pages 483-513 Records of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. 73, Part 4, 1938, With Plates at the back of the book. Google Books.