February 4, 2011 Earthquake: Monywa, Myanmar
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Monywa, Myanmar on February 4, 2011 at 13:53:46 UTC, 85 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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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
- February 4, 2011
- Time
- 13:53:46 UTC
- Place
- Monywa, Myanmar
- Magnitude
- 6.3 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 85 km (53 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 24.618° N, 94.680° E
- Country
- Myanmar
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
One person killed and several buildings and bridges damaged in the Monywa area, Myanmar. Felt strongly in the Maungdaw area. Also felt at Mandalay and Taunggyi. Slight damage occurred in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, India. Felt (V) at Manipur and Shillong; (IV) at Agartala, Guwahati and Tezpur; (III) at Aizawl and Shiliguri; (II) at Calcutta. Felt throughout northeastern India. Felt (V) at Sylhet and (IV) at
Chittagong and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Felt in much of
Bangladesh. Also felt in Bhutan. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 30, 1984, Assam, Cachar District, India
- January 3, 2016, Impahl, India
- August 6, 1988, Gauhati, Sibsagar, Imphal, Myanmar (Burma), India
- April 13, 2016, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
- March 21, 1954, Calcutta, Cuttack, Bhagalpur, Myanmar, India
- November 21, 2011, Assam, India, Myanmar
- August 30, 2009, Sibsagar, Myanmar (Burma), India
- February 4, 1961, India
- January 5, 1991, Thabeikkyin, Mandalay, Myanmar
- September 12, 1946, Myanmar
- September 12, 1946, Myanmar
- August 14, 1932, Assam, Myanmar, India
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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 9831.