List of earthquakes in Thailand

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This is a list of earthquakes in Thailand:

Earthquakes

Date (UTC)Location Mag. MMI DeathsInjuriesComments
460-07-22--XII"Many"-Occurred on a Saturday night. An entire village was submerged and formed a lake. [1]
564-06-07--VIII--Four pagodas collapsed. [1]
1568-07-09 Chiang Mai -VII--An 86-meter-high pagoda was damaged. [1]
1575-07-06 Chiang Saen -VII--Temples and pagodas in four districts were destroyed. [1]
1839-03-23 Myanmar 8.0+V--Felt in Bangkok. [1] MMI XI in Myanmar. More than 400 fatalities.
1922-05-02 Shan (Myanmar)6.7---Ms 
1935-05-13 Sainyabuli (Laos)6.3---Ms 
1975-02-17 Tak (Myanmar border)6.0V–VI-"Several"Mw . [2] Some damage and some people injured in Bangkok. [3]
1978-05-25Chiang Mai4.8V--mb . [4] Some damage in Phrao.
1983-04-22 Kanchanaburi 5.8V–VII--Mw . Some damage in Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, and Nakhon Phanom. Reservoir-induced earthquake. [3]
1988-11-06 Yunnan (Myanmar–China border)7.6 & 7.2V–VI--Ms . Some damage in Chiang Rai. Felt by people in tall buildings in Bangkok. [3] More than 700 killed in China. Two mainshocks separated by 13 minutes; MMI IX and X respectively.
1989-09-30Shan (Myanmar–Thailand border)5.8VI--Mw . Some damage in Chiang Mai. [3]
2006-12-12Chiang Mai4.6IV--mb . [5] Five buildings damaged.
2007-05-16 Bokeo (Laos)6.3VIII--Mw . [6] Some buildings in Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen sustained minor damage.
2011-03-24 Shan (Myanmar)6.8VI1-Mw . [7] One person in Mae Sai killed. MMI IX in Myanmar. At least 74 fatalities in total.
2014-05-05 Chiang Rai6.1VIII123Mw . [8] An elderly person died of a heart attack and 23 people were injured. Damage to buildings and roads.
2019-02-20 Lampang 4.6VI--Mw . [9] Damage to at least 15 buildings, including a pagoda.
2019-11-20 Sainyabuli (Laos)6.2VII--Mw . [10] Damage to some buildings and two people injured in Laos. Several buildings damaged in Bo Kluea and Chaloem Phra Kiat.
2025-03-28 Sagaing, (Myanmar)7.7IX3634Strongest earthquake felt in Thailand since 2016 [11] [12] ; caused the collapse of a 33-story building under construction in Bangkok, trapping scores of workers. [13]
Note: Only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nutalaya & Sodsri 1983, p. 18–138.
  2. ↑ "M 5.9 - 87 km NNE of Hpa-An, Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lukkunaprasit 1989, p. 3.
  4. ↑ "M 4.8 - 54 km N of Chiang Mai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "M 4.6 - 14 km NNW of Chiang Mai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "M 6.3 - 40 km NE of Ban Houakhoua, Laos". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "M 6.9 - 27 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "M 6.1 - 32 km SSW of Chiang Rai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "M 4.6 - 26 km SW of Mae Chai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "M 6.2 - 43 km WNW of Sainyabuli, Laos". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "M 7.7 - 16 km NNW of Sagaing, Myanmar". United States Geological Survey. March 28, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  12. ↑ ระทึก! แผ่นดินไหว 7.7 เขย่าตอนกลาง ‘พม่า’ สะเทือนถึงกทม. คนนับร้อยวิ่งแตกตื่นหนีลงจากอาคารสูง
  13. ↑ "Powerful earthquakes rock Thailand and Myanmar, triggering the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise". The Nation Thailand. March 28, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.

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