Published Date: January 4, 2016 12:38 PM IST. It was the sixth largest earthquake of the 20th century.
In the Abor Hills, 70 villages were destroyed with 156 casualties due to landslides. The Asssam-Tibet earthquake, also called the Assam earthquake, happened on 15 August 1950. google_ad_client="pub-9566508046693103"; google_color_bg="FFFFFF"; This great earthquake has a calculated magnitude of 8.6 and is regarded as one of the most important since the introduction of seismological observing stations. Pilots flying over the area reported great changes in topography. In 1897, the Shillong-epicentred quake measured 8.2 on the Richter scale. Later breaching of those dammed rivers resulted in severe floods in different part of Assam. From such data, the Indian seismological service established an enormous geographical spread for the impact of this earthquake, from about ninety degrees to ninety-seven degrees east longitude, with the epicenter near the eastern margin. This was largely due to enormous landslides, some of which were photographed.