Myanmar earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 64 km W of Chauk, Myanmar

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 64 km W of Chauk, Myanmar on Sat, Jul 2, 2016, 11:34 AM GMT+6:30 (05:04 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 26 km W of Chauk, Myanmar. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-07-02 05:04:15 UTC
Depth
78.3 km (48.7 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
20.808° N, 94.205° E
Region
Myanmar
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 8.7 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
94°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9Myanmar · 3717 days ago · 97 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  2. 5.116 km W of Pakokku, Myanmar · 3712 days ago · 131 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  3. 6.826 km W of Chauk, Myanmar · 3688 days ago · 82 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 300 · PAGER yellow
  4. 4.515 km WNW of Chauk, Myanmar · 3688 days ago · 93 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 4.594 km W of Yenangyaung, Myanmar · 3754 days ago · 49 km deep · 39 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100061vj. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC.