M4.4 earthquake 36 km SE of Hakha, Myanmar
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 36 km SE of Hakha, Myanmar on Sun, Oct 9, 2016, 6:38 AM GMT+6:30 (00:08 UTC), 52 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 84 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-09 00:08:40 UTC
- Depth
- 51.5 km (32.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.386° N, 93.835° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.984 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3630 days ago · 108 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 4.4100 km SSE of Saiha, India · 3626 days ago · 62 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007e4n. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:14 AM UTC.