M4.8 earthquake 23 km NNE of Tachilek, Myanmar
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 23 km NNE of Tachilek, Myanmar on Thu, Mar 24, 2011, 8:53 PM GMT+6:30 (14:23 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 25 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2011-03-24 14:23:53 UTC
- Depth
- 11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.655° N, 99.930° E
- Region
- Myanmar
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000hyfz. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 63
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.725 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5674 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.444 km NE of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5674 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.029 km N of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5673 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
- 4.134 km WNW of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5673 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.637 km NE of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5673 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.040 km NE of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5672 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.315 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5671 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.1Myanmar · 5671 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hyfz. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:13 AM UTC.