M6.1 earthquake near Jining, Arunachal Pradesh

What happened

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 28 km N of Along, India on 17 Aug 1950, 01:54 UTC at a depth of 25 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 23 km away in Arunachal Pradesh, India.