August 30, 2009 Earthquake: Sibsagar, Myanmar (Burma), India
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Sibsagar, Myanmar (Burma), India on August 30, 2009 at 19:27:48 UTC, 82 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 30, 2009
- Time
- 19:27:48 UTC
- Place
- Sibsagar, Myanmar (Burma), India
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 82 km (51 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 25.280° N, 95.101° E
- Country
- Myanmar
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.
Slight damage (V) at Sibsagar, India. Felt (IV) at Nazira and (III) at Nagaon. Also felt at Dibrugarh, Guwahati and Shillong. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 3, 2016, Impahl, India
- August 6, 1988, Gauhati, Sibsagar, Imphal, Myanmar (Burma), India
- February 4, 2011, Monywa, Myanmar
- November 21, 2011, Assam, India, Myanmar
- March 21, 1954, Calcutta, Cuttack, Bhagalpur, Myanmar, India
- August 14, 1932, Assam, Myanmar, India
- January 28, 1931, Kamaing, Myanmar
- January 27, 1931, Kachin, Myanmar
- February 4, 1961, India
- September 12, 1946, Myanmar
- September 12, 1946, 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 8513.