M6.3 earthquake near Jining, Arunachal Pradesh

What happened

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck 38 km N of Shi Yomi, India on 30 Sept 1950, 07:29 UTC at a depth of 20 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Jining, about 85 km away in Arunachal Pradesh, India.