November 21, 2011 Earthquake: Assam, India, Myanmar
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Assam, India, Myanmar on November 21, 2011 at 03:15:41 UTC, 107 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
- November 21, 2011
- Time
- 03:15:41 UTC
- Place
- Assam, India, Myanmar
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 107 km (66 mi)
- Intensity
- 4 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 24.960° N, 95.232° 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 in eastern Assam, India. Felt (IV) at Golaghat and Tezpur and (III) at Guwahati. Felt in the Kakching-Nahorkatiya-Shiliguri area. Felt (III) at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Also felt at Chittagong and Sylhet. (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
- August 30, 2009, Sibsagar, Myanmar (Burma), India
- March 21, 1954, Calcutta, Cuttack, Bhagalpur, Myanmar, India
- August 14, 1932, Assam, Myanmar, India
- September 12, 1946, Myanmar
- September 12, 1946, Myanmar
- January 5, 1991, Thabeikkyin, Mandalay, Myanmar
- January 28, 1931, Kamaing, Myanmar
- January 27, 1931, Kachin, Myanmar
- February 4, 1961, India
- 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 9890.