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Historic Earthquake
1930 Pyu Earthquake
3 December 1930 · Pyu · Myanmar
On 3 December 1930 at 18:51 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Myanmar (Pyu). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 57 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 36 people.
- Date
- 3 December 1930
- Time
- 18:51 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Deaths
- 36
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Myanmar
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth