Reviewed by USGSMyanmar101y ago
M5.8 earthquake 92 km WSW of Myitkyina, Myanmar
Sunday, November 21, 1926, 11:14:48 UTC · 24.940°N, 96.620°E
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 92 km WSW of Myitkyina, Myanmar on Sunday, November 21, 1926, 11:14:48 UTC, at a depth of 35.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.2 on April 12, 1917.
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- Moderate · 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
7 kilotons of TNT
That is about 1/2 of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 14 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
36 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.
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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 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 8 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.362 km S of Bhamo, MyanmarFebruary 17, 1905 · 150 km S of this epicenter
- 7.264 km NNE of Sarupathar, IndiaDecember 12, 1908 · 204 km N of this epicenter
- 6.510 km S of Mokokchūng, IndiaMay 12, 1906 · 255 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.596 km SSW of Sarupathar, IndiaMarch 28, 1914 · 61 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.481 km NNE of Sarupathar, IndiaAugust 31, 1906 · 220 km N of this epicenter
- 6.221 km SE of Wāngjing, IndiaApril 12, 1917 · 252 km W of this epicenter
- 5.754 km NW of Sarupathar, IndiaMay 10, 1926 · 181 km N of this epicenter
- 5.625 km ENE of Yairipok, IndiaAugust 18, 1926 · 237 km W of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 3 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1906M5.3
Yunnan Province
May 1906 · 203 km away · intensity VII
1 deathModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1876M6.0
Yunnan Province
5 Aug 1876 · 284 km away · intensity VIII
Moderate damage ($1–5M)
- 1908M7.2
Kachin
12 Dec 1908 · 191 km away
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.