M6.8 earthquake 26 km W of Chauk, Myanmar
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck 26 km W of Chauk, Myanmar on Wed, Aug 24, 2016, 5:04 PM GMT+6:30 (10:34 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.8 (mww), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-24 10:34:54 UTC
- Depth
- 82.0 km (51.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 20.923° N, 94.569° E
- Region
- Myanmar
- Felt reports
- 300
- Strongest shaking
- VI, strong shaking
- PAGER alert
- Yellow
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10195), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- $10 million
- Houses damaged
- 230
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VI, strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 18.4% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 2.5 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
300 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Yellow: some damage and deaths possible, a local or regional response
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 6.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 166°, dip 83°, rake 89°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 356°, dip 7°, rake 100°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 17°
- Stations used
- 173
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.8 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006gbf (also filed as gcmt20160824103455, iscgem611830425, atlas20160824103455). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.