M4.1 earthquake 15 km NW of Mawlaik, Myanmar
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Mawlaik, Myanmar on Sun, Apr 3, 2016, 5:28 PM GMT+6:30 (10:58 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.9 76 km SE 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-03 10:58:32 UTC
- Depth
- 62.6 km (38.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.755° N, 94.308° 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 15.8 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.976 km SE of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3824 days ago · 136 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 289 · PAGER yellow
- 4.628 km NW of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3823 days ago · 61 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.127 km SSW of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3801 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.841 km SE of Kakching, India · 3795 days ago · 71 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 4.034 km NNE of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3786 days ago · 84 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20005gfd. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.