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Historic Earthquake
1931 Myitkyina Earthquake
27 January 1931 · Kachin · Myanmar
On 27 January 1931 at 20:09 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Myanmar (Kachin), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 22 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 27 January 1931
- Time
- 20:09 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Myanmar
- Nearest Volcano
- Tengchong (176 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19881988 Myanmar-India Earthquake · M 7.25 deaths
- 1976Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi · M 7.4
- 1976Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi · M 7.3
- 1954Calcutta, Cuttack · M 7.4
- 19461946 Sagaing Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 19461946 Sagaing Earthquakes · M 7.5
- 1932Assam · M 7.0
- 1908Kachin · M 7.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth