May 16, 2007 Earthquake: Chiang Rai, Chian Saen, Bokeo, Thailand, Laos

Name: May 16, 2007 Earthquake: Chiang Rai, Chian Saen, Bokeo, Thailand, Laos
Start: 2007-05-16
Location: Chiang Rai, Chian Saen, Bokeo, Thailand, Laos

May 16, 2007 · M6.3

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Chiang Rai, Chian Saen, Bokeo, Thailand, Laos on May 16, 2007 at 08:56:16 UTC, 24 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: May 16, 2007
Time: 08:56:16 UTC
Place: Chiang Rai, Chian Saen, Bokeo, Thailand, Laos
Magnitude: 6.3 (Mw)
Focal depth: 24 km (15 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 20.504° N, 100.746° E
Country: Laos

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 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.

Minor damage to some

buildings in Bokeo, Laos and in Chiang Rai and Chiang

Saen, Thailand. Seiches in swimming pools observed in

Chiang Rai, Thailand. Felt (IV) at Chiang Mai, Chiang

Rai and Hang Dong; (III) at Bangkok, Thailand. Felt

(III) by people in tall buildings in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Felt by people in tall buildings in Vientiane, Laos

and in Khlong Toei and Phetchaburi, Thailand. Felt

strongly in Louangnamtha and Oudomxai, Laos and in Mai

Rim, Thailand. Also felt at Yunjinghong, China; at

Houayxay, Louanphrabang and Muang Sing, Laos; at Ban

Mae Chan, Lampang, Lamphun, Mae Ai, Mae Sai, Mae

Taeng, Nan, Nonthaburi, Pa Daet Phayao and San Sai,

Thailand; in Dien Bien, Dong Da, Hai BaTrung and Hoan

Kiem, Vietnam. (reference #1053)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 2007 The 2000s Every quake the USGS located in 2007 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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 7523.