January 5, 1991 Earthquake: Thabeikkyin, Mandalay, Myanmar
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Thabeikkyin, Mandalay, Myanmar on January 5, 1991 at 14:57:11 UTC, 20 km below the surface.
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The earthquake
- Date
- January 5, 1991
- Time
- 14:57:11 UTC
- Place
- Thabeikkyin, Mandalay, Myanmar
- Magnitude
- 7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 20 km (12 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 23.613° N, 95.901° E
- Country
- Myanmar
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- 32
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.
1991, Jan 5. Thirty-two buildings and 380 hectares of farmland damaged in the Thabeikkyin area. Some landslides reported. Felt strongly at Mandalay. Felt in much of northwestern Burma from Hkamti to Sittwe. Also felt in the Silchar area, India and in Thailand from Chiang Mai to Bangkok. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 28, 2025, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand
- March 23, 1839, Ava, Amarapura, Myanmar
- November 11, 2012, Shwebo, Myanmar
- July 16, 1956, Myanmar
- August 6, 1988, Gauhati, Sibsagar, Imphal, Myanmar (Burma), India
- April 13, 2016, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
- February 4, 2011, Monywa, Myanmar
- September 12, 1946, Myanmar
- September 12, 1946, Myanmar
- March 21, 1954, Calcutta, Cuttack, Bhagalpur, Myanmar, India
- November 21, 2011, Assam, India, Myanmar
- December 25, 2008, Myanmar
- December 25, 2008, Simao, Yunnan Province, China
- September 19, 1966, Yunnan Province, China
- August 4, 1714, Ava (Innwa), Mynamar (Burma), 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 5272.