M4.9 earthquake 84 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 84 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar on Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 8:51 AM GMT+6:30 (02:21 UTC), 108 km (67 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-10-26 02:21:58 UTC
- Depth
- 107.9 km (67.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 22.899° N, 94.600° E
- Region
- Myanmar
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Chittagong, Bangladesh and at Serchhip, India.
From the USGS event page for us20007grv. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 31°
- Stations used
- 184
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.653 km ESE of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3586 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.457 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3583 days ago · 90 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.385 km E of Falam, Myanmar · 3579 days ago · 98 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007grv. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC.