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Historic Earthquake
1954 Myanmar Earthquake
21 March 1954 · Calcutta, Cuttack · Myanmar
On 21 March 1954 at 23:42 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Myanmar (Calcutta, Cuttack), at a depth of 180 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 83 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 21 March 1954
- Time
- 23:42 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 180 km
- Plate
- Indian Plate
- Country
- Myanmar
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20252025 Myanmar Earthquake · M 7.73,815 deaths
- 19881988 Myanmar-India Earthquake · M 7.25 deaths
- 1961India · M 7.6
- 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