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1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake

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27: 34: 227:. The Central Indian Ridge is unusually active in near-ridge earthquakes. The intense seismic activity in this region may indicate an early stage of converging plate boundary, which is responsible for the N-S extension near Chagos. There was a 40 cm 26: 389: 317: 331: 286: 361: 263: 57: 382: 184: 145: 71: 208: 536: 427: 375: 556: 546: 404: 401: 398: 493: 454: 415: 46: 541: 448: 421: 120: 110: 499: 335: 551: 460: 481: 216: 212: 442: 293: 472: 436: 232: 224: 204: 76: 311: 357: 63: 267: 530: 220: 236: 203:
occurred on November 30 at 17:46 UTC (23:46 local time) in the region of the
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ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1904–2018)
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indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
176: 139: 131: 105: 97: 82: 69: 56: 45: 519:indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year 383: 8: 16: 390: 376: 368: 15: 271: 121: 111: 219:of 7.7. This earthquake occurred in the 248: 332:"Significant Earthquakes of the World" 316:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 309: 7: 354:International Seismological Centre 264:International Seismological Centre 201:1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake 17:1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake 14: 32: 25: 177: 209:British Indian Ocean Territory 1: 86:November 30, 1983 573: 509: 411: 21: 211:. This earthquake had a 135:10 km (6.2 mi) 217:surface wave magnitude 225:Central Indian Ridge 537:Earthquakes in Asia 451:(5.3, September 10) 402:Earthquakes in 1983 157: /  52:1983-11-30 17:46:00 18: 557:1983 in Seychelles 547:Chagos Archipelago 496:(7.4, December 30) 490:(7.7, November 30) 488:Chagos Archipelago 484:(6.7, November 16) 475:(5.7, November 7) 463:(6.9, October 30) 362:authoritative data 205:Chagos Archipelago 524: 523: 502:(4.7, November 8) 457:(6.9, October 28) 273:10.31905/D808B825 197: 196: 564: 542:1983 earthquakes 445:(6.5, August 17) 392: 385: 378: 369: 340: 339: 334:. Archived from 328: 322: 321: 315: 307: 305: 304: 298: 292:. Archived from 291: 283: 277: 276: 275: 253: 213:moment magnitude 193: 191: 179: 172: 171: 169: 168: 167: 162: 158: 155: 154: 153: 150: 126: 116: 93: 91: 36: 35: 29: 19: 572: 571: 567: 566: 565: 563: 562: 561: 527: 526: 525: 520: 515: 505: 418:(5.5, March 31) 407: 396: 364:for this event. 349: 344: 343: 330: 329: 325: 308: 302: 300: 296: 289: 287:"Archived copy" 285: 284: 280: 262:, Version 9.1, 255: 254: 250: 245: 185: 183: 165: 163: 159: 156: 151: 148: 146: 144: 143: 125: 118: 115: 98:Local time 89: 87: 83:Local date 41: 40: 39: 38: 37: 12: 11: 5: 570: 568: 560: 559: 554: 552:1980s tsunamis 549: 544: 539: 529: 528: 522: 521: 510: 507: 506: 504: 503: 497: 491: 485: 479: 470: 458: 452: 446: 440: 434: 430:(7.8, May 26) 425: 419: 412: 409: 408: 397: 395: 394: 387: 380: 372: 366: 365: 348: 347:External links 345: 342: 341: 338:on 2009-12-04. 323: 278: 247: 246: 244: 241: 195: 194: 181: 174: 173: 161:6.85°S 72.11°E 141: 137: 136: 133: 129: 128: 123: 113: 107: 103: 102: 99: 95: 94: 84: 80: 79: 74: 67: 66: 61: 54: 53: 50: 43: 42: 31: 30: 24: 23: 22: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 569: 558: 555: 553: 550: 548: 545: 543: 540: 538: 535: 534: 532: 518: 513: 508: 501: 498: 495: 492: 489: 486: 483: 480: 478: 474: 471: 469: 466: 462: 459: 456: 453: 450: 447: 444: 441: 439:(6.1, July 5) 438: 435: 433: 429: 426: 423: 420: 417: 414: 413: 410: 406: 403: 400: 393: 388: 386: 381: 379: 374: 373: 370: 363: 359: 355: 351: 350: 346: 337: 333: 327: 324: 319: 313: 299:on 2011-06-14 295: 288: 282: 279: 274: 269: 265: 261: 260: 252: 249: 242: 240: 238: 234: 230: 226: 222: 218: 214: 210: 206: 202: 192: 189: 182: 175: 170: 142: 138: 134: 130: 127: 117: 108: 104: 100: 96: 85: 81: 78: 75: 73: 68: 65: 62: 59: 55: 51: 48: 44: 28: 20: 516: 511: 487: 476: 467: 464: 431: 424:(6.5, May 2) 416:1983 Popayán 358:bibliography 336:the original 326: 301:. Retrieved 294:the original 281: 258: 256:ISC (2022), 251: 231:reported in 221:Indian Plate 200: 198: 187: 166:-6.85; 72.11 164: / 60: event 531:Categories 494:Hindu Kush 455:Borah Peak 303:2010-10-16 243:References 237:Seychelles 90:1983-11-30 49: time 223:near the 180:intensity 140:Epicenter 106:Magnitude 449:Kopaonik 422:Coalinga 312:cite web 233:Victoria 186:MMI VI ( 461:Erzurum 428:Noshiro 360:and/or 229:tsunami 152:72°07′E 88: ( 482:Kaoiki 356:has a 188:Strong 149:6°51′S 77:ComCat 64:565767 500:Liège 443:Luzon 297:(PDF) 290:(PDF) 132:Depth 101:23:46 70:USGS- 473:Heze 437:Biga 352:The 318:link 215:and 199:The 178:Max. 119:7.7 109:7.7 72:ANSS 268:doi 58:ISC 47:UTC 533:: 314:}} 310:{{ 266:, 239:. 235:, 207:, 517:‡ 512:† 477:† 468:‡ 465:† 432:† 405:→ 399:← 391:e 384:t 377:v 320:) 306:. 270:: 190:) 124:s 122:M 114:w 112:M 92:)

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1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake is located in Indian Ocean
UTC
ISC
565767
ANSS
ComCat
Mw
Ms
6°51′S 72°07′E / 6.85°S 72.11°E / -6.85; 72.11
MMI VI (Strong)
Chagos Archipelago
British Indian Ocean Territory
moment magnitude
surface wave magnitude
Indian Plate
Central Indian Ridge
tsunami
Victoria
Seychelles
ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1904–2018)
International Seismological Centre
doi
10.31905/D808B825
"Archived copy"
the original
cite web
link
"Significant Earthquakes of the World"
the original
International Seismological Centre

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