M4.3 earthquake 52 km WNW of Mogok, Myanmar
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Mogok, Myanmar on Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 10:43 PM GMT+6:30 (16:13 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 32 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-12-13 16:13:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.117° N, 96.041° 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 usp000jwx5. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.726 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5041 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.744 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5034 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.446 km NW of Mogok, Myanmar · 5028 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.932 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5028 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.433 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5028 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.250 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5024 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 4.663 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5051 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.237 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5054 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.337 km ENE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5056 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.418 km SSE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5061 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.953 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 7
- 4.446 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5070 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.043 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5071 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
Earthquakes todayMyanmar earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jwx5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC.