May 23, 1912 Earthquake: Mandalay, Mogok, Maymyo, Myanmar

Reference #1185 lists earthquake on May 23, 1912, 02:24:06 UTC, 21 N, 97 E. In May 1912 Burma experienced some very severe and serious earthquakes. The main one occurred on May 23, 1912, but it was preceded by two lesser shocks, the first occurring on May 16. It happened at about 3 a.m., and appears to have affected the western portions of the northern and southern Shan Sates. Its intensity on the Rossi-Forel scale did not exceed V.

Reference #1212 lists earthquake on May 23, 1912, in Taung Gyi, Burma, 21 N, 97 E, intensity IX, magnitude 8.0. Seventy aftershocks were felt up to August 1912.

Reference #88 lists earthquake on May 23, 1912, 02:24:06 UTC, 21 N, 97 E, shallow depth, magnitude 7.9.

Reference #130 lists earthquake on May 23, 1912, 02:24.1 UTC, 21 N, 97 E, depth 25 km, magnitude 8.0.

Reference #13976: Another notable earthquake of bigger size with a Richter magnitude 8.0, but contrast to the 1839 Ava earthquake in devastation, occurred on 23 May 1912, in the area some 50 miles east of the Ava earthquake, which is the largest ever instrumentally recorded earthquake in Myanmar. It was felt over 375 000 square miles in Myanmar and adjoining Thailand, Yunnan, and north eastern India. It was recorded by seismographs throughout the world. The maximum intensity of this earthquake, IX on Rossi-Forel scale, was recognized in the vicinity of the Kyaukkyan fault, extending north-south through the east of Pyin-oo-lwin (Maymyo).