August 14, 1932 Earthquake: Assam, Myanmar, India
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Assam, Myanmar, India on August 14, 1932 at 04:39:32 UTC, 120 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- August 14, 1932
- Time
- 04:39:32 UTC
- Place
- Assam, Myanmar, India
- Magnitude
- 7 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 120 km (75 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 26.000° N, 95.500° E
- Country
- Myanmar
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
August 14, 1932, 04:39:32 UTC, 26 N, 95.5 E, depth 120 km, magnitude 7.0. (reference #88)
August 14, 1932, 25.0N, 95.73, Focal depth about 130 km Semi-destructive near the epicentral region and some damage over eastern part of northern Assam. (reference #1185)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 6, 1988, Gauhati, Sibsagar, Imphal, Myanmar (Burma), India
- February 4, 2011, Monywa, Myanmar
- August 30, 2009, Sibsagar, Myanmar (Burma), India
- November 21, 2011, Assam, India, Myanmar
- January 27, 1931, Kachin, Myanmar
- January 28, 1931, Kamaing, Myanmar
- December 12, 1908, Kachin, Myanmar
- March 21, 1954, Calcutta, Cuttack, Bhagalpur, Myanmar, India
- October 23, 1943, Assam, India
- June 7, 2000, Liuku, Myanmar, Yunnan Province, China
- June 4, 1929, Myitkyina, Myanmar
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 3498.