M5.0 earthquake 29 km N of Tachilek, Myanmar
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 29 km N of Tachilek, Myanmar on Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 6:52 AM GMT+6:30 (00:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2011-03-25 00:22:39 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.712° N, 99.879° E
- Region
- Myanmar
- Felt reports
- 6
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.02 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Louang Namtha, Laos and at Chiang Mai and Phrae, Thailand.
From the USGS event page for usp000hyhd. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
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 8°, dip 63°, rake 166°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 104°, dip 78°, rake 28°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 35°
- Stations used
- 125
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.134 km WNW of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5670 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.637 km NE of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5670 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.040 km NE of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5669 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.315 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5669 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.1Myanmar · 5669 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.444 km NE of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5671 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.725 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5671 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.823 km NNE of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5671 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 6.927 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar · 5671 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 649
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hyhd (also filed as usc0002b4z, iscgem16358678). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC.