Lo que dicen los registros
- Cuándo
- 23 may 1912
- Tipo
- Terremoto
- Magnitud
- 8.0
- Ubicación
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Coordenadas
- 21.00° N, 97.00° E
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 25
1912 Maymyo earthquake
Earthquake in Myanmar
The 1912 Maymyo earthquake or Burma earthquake struck Burma on the morning of May 23, with an epicentre near Taunggyi and Pyin Oo Lwin in Shan State. The earthquake was initially calculated at 8.0 on the surface-wave magnitude scale (Ms) by seismologist Beno Gutenberg and Charles Francis Richter, and described by them as being one of the most remarkable seismic events in the early 1900s.
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La fuente
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