April 22, 1983 Earthquake: Bangkok, Thailand

Name: April 22, 1983 Earthquake: Bangkok, Thailand
Start: 1983-04-22
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

April 22, 1983 · M5.9

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Bangkok, Thailand on April 22, 1983 at 00:37:37 UTC, 10 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: April 22, 1983
Time: 00:37:37 UTC
Place: Bangkok, Thailand
Magnitude: 5.9 (Ms)
Focal depth: 10 km (6 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 14.926° N, 99.023° E
Country: Thailand

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.

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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 4976.