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A violent earthquake took
place in Garghgaon and gajala regions 1548 and 1598 respectively. Both the
events have occurred nearby places in Assam in different time periods with
common destruction reports. Pebbles, sands and ashes came out bursting the
surface of the earth. Their maximum MM intensities were about IX. The
epicentral locations for both the earthquakes are at about 26.75N, 94.9E.
Iyengar and Sharma (1998) have reported these uncatalogued events in their
report. Further, Gait (1905) also mention the Garhgaon and Gajala
destructive earthquakes in his historical report on Assam.
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