M 7.5 earthquake – 36 km SSW of Pyu, Myanmar
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Local time: Dec 4, 1930 · 01:21 (UTC+6:30)
MajorShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.5moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 18.170, 96.33636 km from Pyu
- Energy released
- 2.7 megatons of TNTabout 179 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 7.8max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 145 km
- Significance
- 870USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 2.7 megatons of TNT, 5,623 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Myanmar.
- 7.4 41 km SW of Nyaunglebin, Myanmar May 5, 1930
- 6.7 79 km NNW of Pai, Thailand May 2, 1922
- 6.7 36 km NE of Magway, Myanmar Jun 24, 1906
- 6.6 16 km SE of Taungdwingyi, Myanmar Sep 21, 2003
- 6.5 56 km SSW of Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Aug 8, 1929
- 6.1 28 km WSW of Nyaunglebin, Myanmar May 16, 1995
- 6.0 40 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar Jan 11, 2018
- 6.0 17 km W of Thayetmyo, Myanmar Nov 11, 1996