M5.0 earthquake 41 km NE of Mawlaik, Myanmar
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 41 km NE of Mawlaik, Myanmar on Tue, Aug 23, 2016, 8:41 AM GMT+6:30 (02:11 UTC), 102 km (63 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mwr, regional moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-23 02:11:12 UTC
- Depth
- 101.7 km (63.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 23.897° N, 94.698° E
- Region
- Myanmar
- Felt reports
- 43
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.089 · 12 stations |
| 5.11 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Rangoon. Felt (IV) at Guwahati, Kolkata and Shillong; (III) at Manipur, India. Also felt at Aizawl, Bhubaneshwar, Dimapur, Dispur, Jorhat, Krishnapur, Mawlai, Nagaon, North Guwahati, Raurkela, Shiliguri and Tezpur. Felt (III) at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Also felt at Chittagong, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Tungi. Felt at Thimphu, Bhutan and at Chiang Mai, Thailand.
From the USGS event page for us10006fx8. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
43 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 134°, dip 57°, rake 157°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 237°, dip 71°, rake 35°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 22°
- Stations used
- 154
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006fx8 (also filed as iscgem609375525). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC.