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List of earthquakes in Thailand

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This is a list of earthquakes in Thailand:

Earthquakes

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Date (UTC) Location Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Comments
460-07-22 - - XII "Many" - A village was submerged and a lake was created.[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
1925-12-23 Khon Kaen 5.6 VII–VIII - - Mw. Significant damage.[2]
1935-05-13 Sainyabuli (Laos) 6.3 - - - Ms
1975-02-17 Tak (Myanmar border) 6.0 V–VI - "Several" Mw.[3] Some damage and some people injured in Bangkok.[4]
1978-05-25 Chiang Mai 4.8 V - - mb.[5] Some damage in Phrao.
1983-04-22 Kanchanaburi 5.7 VII - - Mw. Some damage in Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, and Nakhon Phanom.[6] Reservoir-induced earthquake.[4]
1983-04-22 Kanchanaburi 5.2 V–VI - - Mw. Aftershock.[7]
1988-11-06 Yunnan (Myanmar–China border) 7.6 & 7.2 V–VI - - Ms. Some damage in Chiang Rai. Felt by people in tall buildings in Bangkok.[4] More than 700 killed in China. Two mainshocks separated by 13 minutes; MMI IX and X respectively.
1989-09-30 Shan (Myanmar–Thailand border) 5.8 VI - - Mw. Some damage in Chiang Mai.[4]
2006-12-12 Chiang Mai 4.6 IV - - mb.[8] Five buildings damaged.
2007-05-16 Bokeo (Laos) 6.3 VIII - - Mw.[9] Some buildings in Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen sustained minor damage.
2011-03-24 Shan (Myanmar) 6.8 VI 1 - Mw.[10] One person in Mae Sai killed. MMI IX in Myanmar. At least 74 fatalities in total.
2014-05-05 Chiang Rai 6.1 VIII 1 23 Mw.[11] An elderly person died of a heart attack and 23 people were injured. Damage to buildings and roads.
2019-02-20 Lampang 4.6 VI - - Mw.[12] Damage to at least 15 buildings, including a pagoda.
2019-11-20 Sainyabuli (Laos) 6.2 VII - - Mw.[13] 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) 7.7 X 103 36 Strongest earthquake felt in Thailand since 2016;[14][15] caused the collapse of a 33-story building under construction in Bangkok, trapping scores of workers.[16]
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