M4.6 earthquake 53 km ESE of Mawlaik, Myanmar
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 53 km ESE of Mawlaik, Myanmar on Thu, Dec 8, 2016, 2:16 PM GMT+6:30 (07:46 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 37 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
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-08 07:46:22 UTC
- Depth
- 35.6 km (22.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.447° N, 94.882° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 67°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.457 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3584 days ago · 90 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.385 km E of Falam, Myanmar · 3580 days ago · 98 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.291 km NW of Monywa, Myanmar · 3569 days ago · 104 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.137 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3561 days ago · 89 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 31
- 4.682 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar · 3560 days ago · 123 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007z3m. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.