Reviewed by USGSMyanmar122y ago
M6.7 earthquake 36 km NE of Magway, Myanmar
Sunday, June 24, 1906, 11:18:32 UTC · 20.335°N, 95.216°E
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 36 km NE of Magway, Myanmar on Sunday, June 24, 1906, 11:18:32 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow). No earthquake of this size or larger appears within 300 km in the USGS catalog since 1900.
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 35 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
163 kilotons of TNT
That is about 11 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 343 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
81 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Indian and Eurasian plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
35 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 100 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists no earlier M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km.
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 5 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 400 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1839
Ava, Amarapura
23 Mar 1839 · 192 km away · intensity XI
400 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1838
Ava (Innwa)
1838 · 182 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1858
Thayetmyo, Prome
24 Aug 1858 · 150 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1714
Ava (Innwa)
4 Aug 1714 · 186 km away
tsunami
- 1750
Myanmar (Burma) Coast
1750 · 279 km away
tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.