Myanmar earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 40 km NE of Tachilek, Myanmar

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 40 km NE of Tachilek, Myanmar on Sat, Mar 26, 2011, 12:27 PM GMT+6:30 (05:57 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sat, Mar 26, 2011, 12:27 PM GMT+6:30
UTC: 2011-03-26 05:57:33 UTC
Depth: 27.7 km (17.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 20.737° N, 100.114° E
Region: Myanmar
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
4.97	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 usp000hymj. 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.

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 236°, dip 79°, rake 2°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 146°, dip 88°, rake 168°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 73°
Stations used: 108

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000hymj (also filed as iscgem16452785). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:05 PM UTC.