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Historic Earthquake
1991 Myanmar Earthquake
5 January 1991 · Thabeikkyin, Mandalay · Myanmar
On 5 January 1991 at 14:57 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Myanmar (Thabeikkyin, Mandalay), at a depth of 20 km. It occurred on the Indian Plate, 18 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 5 January 1991
- Time
- 14:57 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 20 km
- Homes Damaged
- 32
- 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
- 1954Calcutta, Cuttack · M 7.4
- 19461946 Sagaing Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 19461946 Sagaing Earthquakes · M 7.5
- 1932Assam · M 7.0
- 19311931 Myitkyina Earthquake · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth