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Historic Earthquake
1932 Myanmar Earthquake
14 August 1932 · Assam · Myanmar
On 14 August 1932 at 04:39 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Myanmar (Assam), at a depth of 120 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 115 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 14 August 1932
- Time
- 04:39 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 120 km
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- Myanmar
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1961India · M 7.6
- 1954Calcutta, Cuttack · M 7.4
- 19501950 Assam–Tibet Earthquake · M 8.61,530 deaths
- 19461946 Sagaing Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 19461946 Sagaing Earthquakes · M 7.5
- 1943Assam · M 7.2
- 19311931 Myitkyina Earthquake · M 7.6
- 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