Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Myanmar, 1900โ2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
215
M5+
Strongest
M8.6
M7+ events
20
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-08-15 | 8.6 | 1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-06-26 | 8.0 | 43 km N of Bamboo Flat, India | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-05-23 | 7.9 | 32 km NW of Taunggyi, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-03-28 | 7.7 |
| 2025 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) Earthquake |
| 10 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-11-06 | 7.7 | 145 km NW of Jinghong, China | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-09-12 | 7.6 | Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-01-27 | 7.6 | 37 km S of Sarupathar, India | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-12-03 | 7.5 | 36 km SSW of Pyu, Myanmar | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-08-10 | 7.5 | 266 km N of Bamboo Flat, India | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-07-29 | 7.3 | 73 km W of Shi Yomi, India | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-08-06 | 7.3 | 85 km SE of Phek, India | 91 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-02-17 | 7.3 | 62 km S of Bhamo, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-06-22 | 7.3 | 99 km E of Lashio, Myanmar | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-12-12 | 7.2 | 64 km NNE of Sarupathar, India | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-10-23 | 7.2 | 13 km W of Dergaon, India | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-09-12 | 7.1 | 129 km ENE of Mawlaik, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-08-16 | 7.0 | 31 km SE of Falam, Myanmar | 75 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-07-29 | 7.0 | 61 km ESE of Tuensang, India | 71 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-05-29 | 7.0 | 152 km ENE of Bhamo, Myanmar | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-01-05 | 7.0 | 99 km NW of Mogok, Myanmar | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-02-02 | 6.9 | 23 km NNE of K?ng Tung, Myanmar | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-12-26 | 6.9 | 80 km N of K?ng Tung, Myanmar | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-03-24 | 6.9 | 27 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-04-13 | 6.9 | 76 km SE of Mawlaik, Myanmar | 136 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-03-16 | 6.8 | 24 km NE of Dali, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-07-16 | 6.8 | 38 km NW of Mandalay, Myanmar | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-07-11 | 6.8 | 158 km W of Jinghong, China | 13 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-01-24 | 6.8 | 166 km NE of Bamboo Flat, India | 78 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-11-11 | 6.8 | 51 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-02-14 | 6.7 | 188 km WSW of Dawei, Burma (Myanmar) | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-05-02 | 6.7 | 79 km NNW of Pai, Thailand | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-03-28 | 6.7 | Burma (Myanmar) | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-06-24 | 6.7 | 36 km NE of Magway, Myanmar | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-06-19 | 6.7 | 104 km N of K?ng Tung, Myanmar | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-09-21 | 6.7 | 129 km ENE of Myitkyina, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-10-21 | 6.6 | 53 km N of Ziro, India | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1996-02-03 | 6.6 | 47 km N of Lijiang, China | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-09-21 | 6.6 | 16 km SE of Taungdwingyi, Myanmar | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-03-30 | 6.6 | 217 km N of Bamboo Flat, India | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-08-08 | 6.5 | 56 km SSW of Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-09-28 | 6.5 | 55 km E of Hakha, Myanmar | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-08-31 | 6.5 | 28 km SSW of Sarupathar, India | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-07-08 | 6.5 | 43 km WNW of Pakokku, Myanmar | 157 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-11-06 | 6.5 | 115 km NE of Lijiang, China | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-05-29 | 6.5 | 74 km W of Yenangyaung, Myanmar | 36 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-09-13 | 6.5 | 152 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-04-19 | 6.5 | 171 km S of Port Blair, India | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-03-28 | 6.5 | 96 km SSW of Sarupathar, India | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-12-21 | 6.4 | 38 km SSW of Lijiang, China | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-08-16 | 6.4 | 123 km NNE of Jinghong, China | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-05-06 | 6.4 | 109 km SE of Phek, India | 118 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-11-06 | 6.4 | 175 km E of Lashio, Myanmar | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-01-31 | 6.4 | 69 km ENE of Jinghong, China | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-05-13 | 6.3 | 50 km NNE of Chiang Klang, Thailand | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-10-17 | 6.3 | 70 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar | 135 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-12-24 | 6.3 | 5 km NNE of Hail?k?ndi, India | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-08-11 | 6.3 | 106 km ENE of Myitkyina, Myanmar | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-12-02 | 6.3 | 113 km ENE of Myitkyina, Myanmar | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-06-15 | 6.3 | 134 km W of Bhamo, Myanmar | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-01-09 | 6.3 | 120 km E of W?ngjing, India | 119 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-12-26 | 6.3 | 194 km N of Bamboo Flat, India | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-06-07 | 6.3 | 83 km NNE of Sarupathar, India | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-05-18 | 6.3 | 45 km SSE of Koh?ma, India | 50 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-05-16 | 6.3 | 40 km NE of Ban Houakhoua, Laos | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-03-28 | 6.3 | 253 km E of Port Blair, India | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-02-20 | 6.3 | 22 km ESE of Sarupathar, India | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-06-18 | 6.3 | 229 km S of Pyapon, Myanmar | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-08-08 | 6.3 | 53 km W of Bamboo Flat, India | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-09-28 | 6.3 | 47 km ENE of Judian, China | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-02-12 | 6.2 | 67 km NNW of Sainyabuli, Laos | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-08-16 | 6.2 | 56 km NNW of Tezu, India | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-04-12 | 6.2 | 21 km SE of Wฤngjing, India | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-12-14 | 6.2 | 61 km SE of B?ndarban, Bangladesh | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-12-08 | 6.2 | 97 km NW of Jinghong, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-11-25 | 6.2 | 20 km WSW of Falam, Myanmar | 43 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-02-29 | 6.2 | 39 km SSW of Mawlaik, Myanmar | 53 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-03-15 | 6.2 | 124 km S of Jianshui, China | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-02-04 | 6.2 | 62 km E of W?ngjing, India | 85 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-12-22 | 6.2 | Andaman Islands, India region | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-11-20 | 6.2 | 43 km WNW of Sainyabuli, Laos | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-07-01 | 6.2 | 31 km SSE of Jinghong, China | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-05-14 | 6.2 | 139 km N of K?ng Tung, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-05-27 | 6.2 | 11 km SE of Kakching, India | 66 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-10-15 | 6.1 | 10 km WNW of Lijiang, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-02-10 | 6.1 | 64 km WSW of Myitkyina, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-08-01 | 6.1 | 211 km S of Port Blair, India | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-06-27 | 6.1 | 72 km SSW of Lijiang, China | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-02-21 | 6.1 | 76 km NNW of Mogok, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-02-16 | 6.1 | 48 km SW of Bamboo Flat, India | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-11-21 | 6.1 | 42 km SW of Saiha, India | 54 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-05-16 | 6.1 | 28 km WSW of Nyaunglebin, Myanmar | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-08-08 | 6.1 | 115 km E of W?ngjing, India | 122 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-01-04 | 6.1 | Andaman Islands, India region | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-11-30 | 6.1 | 126 km NW of Jinghong, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-07-17 | 6.1 | 239 km E of Port Blair, India | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-05-05 | 6.1 | 32 km SSW of Chiang Rai, Thailand | 6 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-01-26 | 6.1 | 93 km ENE of Bhamo, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-06-27 | 6.1 | 4 km NNW of Shangri-La, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-02-27 | 6.0 | 79 km WNW of Pakokku, Myanmar | 101 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-06-27 | 6.0 | 114 km NNE of Bamboo Flat, India | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |