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This earthquake occurred on 14 November, 1937. News has been received of a violent earthquake which occurred at 4-30 PM on Sunday last at Chitran and Drosh, resulting in considerable loss of property and serious damage to the fort. This has necessitated troops being placed under convas. No casualties were reported (Statesman 18th November, 1937 Calcutta edition). The epicentral location is 36.5N, 72.5E. Its maximum MM intensity is VIII+ and magnitude is about 6.0 on Richter scale (Coulson, 1938).
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