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List of earthquakes in Myanmar

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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 has 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 in March 28, 2025.

Map showing a number of Myanmar's most notable earthquakes

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Notable earthquakes in the history of Myanmar include the following:

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Date Location Mag. MMI Depth (km) Deaths Injuries Notes Ref.
2025-03-28 Sagaing 7.7 Mw X 10.0 5,350 7,830 Widespread damage. Affected parts of Thailand. [2][3]
2023-06-07 Ayeyarwady 4.8 mb  VII 10.0 3 Several buildings and a pagoda damaged in Ma-ubin. [4]
2023-05-31 Mohnyin 5.9 Mw  VIII 10.0 Many structures damaged in Hopin and ground effects in the Indawgyi Lake area. [5]
2022-07-21 Kengtung 5.9 Mww  VII 5.0 Damage in Kengtung. Also felt in China, Thailand, and Laos. [6]
2021-11-26 Hakha 6.2 Mww  VIII 42.5 Minor damage and an injury also occurred in Bangladesh. [7]
2018-01-11 Bago 6.0 Mww  VII 9.0 Felt strongly in many places. [8]
2017-03-13 Yangon 5.1 mb  VI 10.0 2 36 [9]
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 [10]
2009-08-11 Coco Islands 7.5 Mw  VII 24.0
2007-12-25 Kachin 4.8 Mw  IV 35.0 19 Severe damage [11]
2004-12-26 Coco Islands 9.1–9.3 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
1995-07-11 Shan 6.8 Mw  VIII 12.5 11 [12]
1991-01-05 Sagaing 7.0 Mw  VII 19.7 2 [13]
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 [14]
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. [15]
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. [16]
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. [17]
1952-06-19 Shan 6.7 Mw  VIII 10.0 Homes collapsed and landslides occurred in Yunnan. [18]
1950-08-15 Assam 8.6 Mw  XI 15.0 4,800 Rupture partially extended to Burma and was felt strongly [19]
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 [20]
1941-12-26 Shan 7.2 Mw  10.0 >6 [21]
1938-08-16 Chin 7.2 Ms  75.0 [22]
1932-08-14 Sagaing 7.0 Ms  110.0 Damage at Assam [23]
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 [24][25]
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. [26]
1929-01-19 Kachin 5.5 Ms  IX Damage at Htawgaw. [27]
1927-12-17 Yangon ~7.0 Mw  Severe damage in northern Yangon [28]
1923-06-22 Shan 7.2 Mw  25.0 [29]
1922-05-02 Shan 6.7 Mw  35.0 [30]
1917-07-05 Bago Shwemawdaw Pagoda fell.
1912-05-23 Shan 7.8Mw  IX 15–25.0 1(?) Several cities damaged [31]
1908-12-12 Kachin 7.2 Mw  15.0 [32][33]
1908-12-12 Kachin 7.2 Mw  15.0 [34]
1906-08 Northern Sagaing Fault 7.0 Mw  [35][36]
1906-06-24 Coco Islands 7.3 Muk [1] 60.0 km 0 [1][37]
1895/1896 Yangon Destroyed many buildings in Rangoon.
1858-08-24 Magway 7.7 Mw  ? An island disappeared. [38][39][40][1]
1843-10-30 Rahkine May have triggered a tsunami. [40]
1842-11-11 Rahkine Tsunami recorded at Cheduba Island. [40]
1848-01-03 Rahkine 6.8–7.2 Mw  ? Severe shaking at Ramree Island. [41][42]
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 [28]
1750 Rahkine [43]
1714-08-04 Sagaing Waves from a river flooded a nearby city. [44]
1620-06-06 Mandalay Fishes in the Irrawaddy River were killed. [28]
1564-09-13 Bago Mahazedi Pagoda destroyed. [28]
1485-07-24 Sagaing Several pagodas fell. [28]
1467 Innwa [45]
1429 Innwa [45]
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