List of earthquakes in Myanmar

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Map showing a number of Myanmar's most notable earthquakes

Myanmar is one of the most seismically active countries in Southeast Asia. As it is on the Indian and Eurasian plate boundary, it is notorious for devastating earthquakes. Oblique subduction, block rotation, and a transform margin have been responsible for the seismic activities of the country. The Sagaing Fault is one of the largest sources of earthquakes in the country, having produced deadly quakes in the past centuries. Along the western coast, offshore Rahkine State, the Sunda Megathrust, where the Indian plate dives beneath the Burma plate is capable of producing large events and tsunamis like the 2004 earthquake. Intermediate depth earthquakes east of the Chin Range also pose a risk to people. The Shan Plateau is another source of earthquakes, hosting many active strike-slip faults that accommodate block rotation of the Sunda plate. ^[1] The latest earthquake happened on March 28, 2025.

Earthquakes

Notable earthquakes in the history of Myanmar include the following:

Date	Location	Mag.	MMI	Depth (km)	Deaths	Injuries	Notes	Ref.
2025-07-15	Mandalay	4.7 Mw	V	32.0	1		An aftershock of the 2025 Myanmar earthquake.	[2] [3]
2025-05-17	Mandalay	5.1 Mw	VI	10.0	2		An aftershock of the 2025 Myanmar earthquake.	[4] [5]
2025-03-28	Mandalay	6.7 Mw	IX	10.0			The strongest aftershock of the 2025 Myanmar earthquake. Struck 11 minutes after.	[6]
2025-03-28	Sagaing	7.7–7.9 Mw	X	10.0	5,352	11,366	Widespread damage. Affected parts of Thailand. see 2025 Myanmar earthquake	[7] [8]
2023-06-07	Ayeyarwady	4.8 mb	VII	10.0	3		Several buildings and a pagoda damaged in Ma-ubin.	[9]
2023-05-31	Mohnyin	5.9 Mw	VIII	10.0			Many structures damaged in Hopin and ground effects in the Indawgyi Lake area.	[10]
2022-07-21	Kengtung	5.9 Mww	VII	5.0			Damage in Kengtung. Also felt in China, Thailand, and Laos.	[11]
2021-11-26	Hakha	6.2 Mww	VIII	42.5			Minor damage and an injury also occurred in Bangladesh.	[12]
2019-08-31	Sagaing	5.4	VII	10.0			some pagodas suffered serious damage
2018-01-11	Bago	6.0 Mww	VII	9.0			Felt strongly in many places.	[13]
2017-03-13	Yangon	5.1 mb	VI	10.0	2	36		[14]
2016-08-24	Magway	6.8 Mw	VI	84.1	4	20	Several temples were damaged
2016-04-13	Sagaing	6.9 Mw	VI	134.8			Deaths and damage in India and Bangladesh
2012-11-11	Sagaing	6.8 Mw	VIII	9.8	26	Many	12 missing
2011-03-24	Shan	6.9 Mw	X	12.8	151	212
2011-02-04	Monywa	6.4 Mw	VI	85.0	1			[15]
2009-09-21	magway	5.7	IV	84.2			At least three buildings damaged in the epicentral area
2009-08-11	Coco Islands	7.5 Mw	VII	24.0
2007-12-25	Kachin	4.8 Mw	IV	35.0		19	Severe damage	[16]
2004-12-26	Coco Islands	9.2–9.3 Mw	-	30.0	70–800		Rupture extended to the Coco Islands
2003-09-21	Magway	6.6 Mwb	VII	15.8	10	43	Damage at Taungdwingyi
2000-06-07	Yangon	6.3		6.3			many buildings damage in Liuku,china
1995-07-11	Shan	6.8 Mw	VIII	12.5	11			[17]
1991-01-05	Sagaing	7.0 Mw	VII	19.7	2			[18]
1988-11-06	Shan	7.2 Ms	X	15.9			Aftershock of the Lancang earthquake.
1988-11-06	Shan	7.7 Mw	IX	17.8	700	3,900		[19]
1988-08-06	Sagaing	7.3 Mw	VIII	98.1	3	30	Caused some damage in India and was felt in the Soviet Union. At least 30 injured or missing in Bangladesh.	[20]
1976-05-29	Yunnan	7.0 Mw		10.0	98	2,400+
1975-07-08	Mandalay	7.0 Mw	VIII	106.8	2	15
1970-07-29	Sagaing	7.0 Mw		76.1			Damage at Assam.	[21]
1956-07-16	Sagaing	7.1 Mw	VIII	34.3	38
1954-03-21	Sagaing	7.4 mb		180.0			Some damage reported in India.	[22]
1952-06-19	Shan	6.7 Mw	VIII	10.0			Homes collapsed and landslides occurred in Yunnan.	[23]
1950-08-15	Assam	8.6 Mw	XI	15.0	4,800		Rupture partially extended to Burma and was felt strongly	[24]
1946-09-12	Sagaing	7.8 Mw		15.0	0		Doublet earthquake
1946-09-12	Sagaing	8.0 Mw		15.0	0
1943-10-23	Chin	7.2						[25]
1941-12-26	Shan	7.2 Mw		10.0	>6			[26]
1938-08-16	Chin	7.2 Ms		75.0				[27]
1932-08-14	Sagaing	7.0 Ms		110.0			Damage at Assam	[28]
1931-01-27	Kachin	7.6 Mw	IX	15.0	0
1930-12-03	Bago	7.3 Mw	X	10.0	36
1930-07-18	Irrawaddy				50			[29] [30]
1930-05-05	Bago	7.5 Mw	X	35.0	500	204+	Tsunami
1929-08-08	Naypyidaw	6.6–7.1 Mw		10.0–15.0			Caused some damage.	[31]
1929-01-19	Kachin	5.5 Ms	IX				Damage at Htawgaw.	[32]
1927-12-17	Yangon	~7.0 Mw					Severe damage in northern Yangon	[33]
1923-06-22	Shan	7.2 Mw		25.0				[34]
1922-05-02	Shan	6.7 Mw		35.0				[35]
1917-07-05	Bago						Shwemawdaw Pagoda fell.
1912-05-23	Shan	7.8Mw	IX	15–25.0	1(?)		Several cities damaged	[36]
1908-12-12	Kachin	7.2 Mw		15.0				[37] [38]
1908-12-12	Kachin	7.2 Mw		15.0				[39]
1906-08	Northern Sagaing Fault	7.0 Mw						[40] [41]
1906-06-24	Coco Islands	7.3 Muk  [1]		60.0 km	0			[1] [42]
1895/1896	Yangon						Destroyed many buildings in Rangoon.
1858-08-24	Magway	7.7 Mw			?		An island disappeared.	[43] [44] [45] [1]
1843-10-30	Rahkine						May have triggered a tsunami.	[45]
1842-11-11	Rahkine						Tsunami recorded at Cheduba Island.	[45]
1848-01-03	Rahkine	6.8–7.2 Mw			?		Severe shaking at Ramree Island.	[46] [47]
1839-03-23	Mandalay	8.1–8.2 Mw	XI	12-15.0	500+		Former capital city Inwa destroyed and abandoned.
1762-04-02	Chittagong-Rahkine	8.8 Mw	XI		200+		Tsunami
1757-06-04	Bago							[33]
1750	Rahkine							[48]
1714-08-04	Sagaing						Waves from a river flooded a nearby city.	[49]
1620-06-06	Mandalay						Fishes in the Irrawaddy River were killed.	[33]
1564-09-13	Bago						Mahazedi Pagoda destroyed.	[33]
1485-07-24	Sagaing						Several pagodas fell.	[33]
1467	Innwa							[50]
1429	Innwa							[50]
Note: Only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

Tsunamis affecting Myanmar

• 1881 Nicobar Islands earthquake – magnitude 7.9 earthquake, no fatalities
• 1941 Andaman Islands earthquake – magnitude 7.7 earthquake, moderate damage and unknown fatalities.
• 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake – magnitude 9.2 earthquake, severe damage, between 400 and 600 people killed. ^[51]
• 2009 Andaman Islands earthquake – magnitude 7.5 earthquake, tsunami warning issued, no injuries or fatalities anywhere.
• 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake – magnitude 8.6 earthquake, tsunami warning issued, no fatalities.

See also

• Myanmar portal

• Geology of Myanmar

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