M4.9 earthquake Myanmar
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in Myanmar on Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 10:50 AM GMT+6:30 (04:20 UTC), 97 km (60 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.8 26 km W of Chauk, Myanmar. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-27 04:20:28 UTC
- Depth
- 96.8 km (60.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.514° N, 94.571° E
- Region
- Myanmar
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 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 5.9 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 152
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.116 km W of Pakokku, Myanmar · 3709 days ago · 131 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 6.826 km W of Chauk, Myanmar · 3686 days ago · 82 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 300 · PAGER yellow
- 4.515 km WNW of Chauk, Myanmar · 3686 days ago · 93 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006i0y. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:42 PM UTC.