Widespread structural damage was reported across Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttrakhand.

[10] Underthrusting of the Indian subcontinent beneath Tibet along a 2,500 km long convergent boundary known as the Main Himalayan Thrust has resulted in the uplifting of the overriding Eurasian plate thus, creating the long mountain range parallel to the convergent zone.

About 150 km away from this zone to the southeast, an area of increased intensity reaching VIII was recorded.

This unusually high intensity away from the earthquake in the Indo-Gangetic Plain included the cities Dehradun and Saharanpur.

There was also major damage to the network of hillside aqueducts that fed water to the affected area.