M5.1 earthquake 16 km W of Pakokku, Myanmar
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 16 km W of Pakokku, Myanmar on Mon, Aug 1, 2016, 4:31 PM GMT+6:30 (10:01 UTC), 131 km (82 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
- 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-01 10:01:08 UTC
- Depth
- 131.5 km (81.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 21.311° N, 94.930° E
- Region
- Myanmar
- Felt reports
- 4
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.035 · 263 stations |
| 5.0 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Magway. Also felt at Chittagong and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
From the USGS event page for us1000696h. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
4 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 5.7 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 29°
- Stations used
- 143
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.826 km W of Chauk, Myanmar · 3692 days ago · 82 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 300 · PAGER yellow
- 4.515 km WNW of Chauk, Myanmar · 3692 days ago · 93 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000696h (also filed as iscgem611830272). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.