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Historic Earthquake
1908 Myanmar Earthquake
12 December 1908 · Kachin · Myanmar
On 12 December 1908, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Myanmar (Kachin), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 32 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 12 December 1908
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 15 km
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- Myanmar
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20112011 Yunnan Earthquake · M 5.525 deaths
- 19881988 Myanmar-India Earthquake · M 7.25 deaths
- 1976Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi · M 7.4
- 1954Calcutta, Cuttack · M 7.4
- 19501950 Assam–Tibet Earthquake · M 8.61,530 deaths
- 1948Yunnan Province · M 6.8110 deaths
- 1932Assam · M 7.0
- 19311931 Myitkyina Earthquake · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth