Asia
Earthquakes in Laos
Every earthquake in and around Laos since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days1M2.5+
Past year2M2.5+
Magnitude 6+4since 1900
StrongestM 6.71925 · 41 km S of Luang Namtha, Laos
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Laos
- 6.7 41 km S of Luang Namtha, Laos Dec 22, 1925
- 6.3 50 km NNE of Chiang Klang, Thailand May 13, 1935
- 6.3 40 km NE of Ban Houakhoua, Laos May 16, 2007
- 6.2 67 km NNW of Sainyabuli, Laos Feb 12, 1934
- 6.0 58 km NW of Luang Prabang, Laos Sep 21, 1937
- 5.6 48 km E of Muang Xay, Laos Jun 16, 1989
- 5.5 53 km NW of Sainyabuli, Laos Dec 19, 2021
- 5.4 73 km NE of Chiang Klang, Thailand Jan 19, 2000
- 5.3 75 km S of Jinghong, China Aug 27, 1972
- 5.2 30 km NNE of Ban Houayxay, Laos Aug 2, 1978
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.2 37 km ESE of Sainyabuli, Laos Oct 23, 2026
- 4.4 45 km ESE of Xam Nua, Laos Nov 12, 2025
- 5.5 53 km NW of Sainyabuli, Laos Dec 19, 2021
- 4.3 52 km NW of Sainyabuli, Laos Oct 29, 2021
- 4.7 53 km NE of Chiang Klang, Thailand Jul 7, 2021
- 4.4 52 km NE of Chiang Klang, Thailand Nov 28, 2019
- 4.5 64 km W of Luang Prabang, Laos May 5, 2017
- 4.7 40 km NE of Tachilek, Myanmar Apr 18, 2017
- 4.5 73 km ESE of Muang Phônsavan, Laos May 26, 2015
- 4.1 52 km NNW of Luang Namtha, Laos May 1, 2014
- 4.6 37 km S of Sainyabuli, Laos Feb 23, 2011
- 4.0 8 km WNW of Muang Xay, Laos Nov 10, 2009
- 4.3 4 km W of Muang Xay, Laos Oct 14, 2009
- 4.3 43 km NE of Ban Houakhoua, Laos Nov 29, 2008
- 4.4 51 km NE of Ban Houakhoua, Laos Jun 10, 2008