M5.8 earthquake 21 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 21 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar on Sun, Nov 11, 2012, 5:24 PM GMT+6:30 (10:54 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (mww), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-11-11 10:54:41 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.720° N, 95.832° E
- Region
- Myanmar
- Felt reports
- 9
- Strongest shaking
- VII, very strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- 32.7% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 3.4 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, 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 354°, dip 67°, rake 176°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 85°, dip 87°, rake 23°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- Stations used
- 279
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.831 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.564 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.754 km WNW of Mogok, Myanmar · 5063 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.241 km WNW of Mogok, Myanmar · 5063 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.043 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5063 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.446 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5062 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.953 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5057 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
- 4.418 km SSE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5053 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.337 km ENE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5048 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.237 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5046 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.663 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5043 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.352 km WNW of Mogok, Myanmar · 5033 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.726 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5032 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.744 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5026 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.446 km NW of Mogok, Myanmar · 5020 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.932 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5020 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.433 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5020 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.250 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5016 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.127 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.461 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.537 km WNW of Mogok, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.918 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 7
- 4.374 km NW of Mogok, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.833 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.935 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
- 6.851 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar · 5065 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 126
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jvcs (also filed as usc000dqvg, choy20121111105441, iscgem601883941, atlas20121111105441). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 6:03 AM UTC.