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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 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.

Map of earthquakes in Myanmar since 1900, with magnitudes. Click for dates and details. (map data)
Map showing a number of Myanmar's most notable earthquakes

Earthquakes

Notable earthquakes in the history of Myanmar include the following:

More information Date, Location ...
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]
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]
2009-08-11 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
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]
1906-08-31 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.
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