Myanmar earthquakes

M5.7 earthquake 25 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 25 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar on Thu, Mar 24, 2011, 10:24 PM GMT+6:30 (15:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.7 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Mar 24, 2011, 10:24 PM GMT+6:30
UTC: 2011-03-24 15:54:35 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 20.650° N, 99.770° E
Region: Myanmar
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.7	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.68	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

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 usp000hyg5. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 28.3% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 3.0 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 347°, dip 72°, rake 168°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 80°, dip 79°, rake 18°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap: 24°
Stations used: 210

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hyg5 (also filed as iscgem16357315, atlas20110324155435). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC.