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Historic Earthquake
1930 Bago Earthquake
5 May 1930 · Pegu, Rangoon · Myanmar
On 5 May 1930 at 13:46 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Myanmar (Pegu, Rangoon), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 33 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 500 people.
- Date
- 5 May 1930
- Time
- 13:46 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 35 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 500
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- Myanmar
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19301930 Pyu Earthquake · M 7.336 deaths
- 1930Tharrawaddy50 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth