The 1869 Cachar earthquake occurred on 10 January with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.4 and a maximum EMS-98 intensity of VII (Damaging). Two people were killed and damage was considered severe. The earthquake was felt in Upper Burma, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal and Northeast India.
Earthquake The cause is said to have been from a long fissure below the Jaintia Hills, situated north of the Sylhet region.
Selected EMS-98 intensities Intensity Locations VII (Damaging) Silchar, Imphal VI (Slightly damaging) Golaghat, Sylhet V (Strong) Dhaka IV (Largely observed) Kolkata III (Weak) Hazaribagh II (Scarcely felt) Midnapore
See also List of historical earthquakes List of earthquakes in India
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