What the records say
- When
- 24 Mar 2011
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- Where
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Coordinates
- 20.69° N, 99.82° E
- Deaths
- 104
- Injuries
- 123
- Damage musd
- 3.6
- Intensity mmi
- 6
- Depth km
- 8
2011 Shan earthquake
Earthquake affecting Myanmar and Thailand
The 2011 Shan earthquake occurred on 24 March in Shan State, Myanmar. The earthquake measured Mw 6.8 and had an epicenter northwest of the border between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. It occurred in a region accommodating tectonic deformation brought by the collision between the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. Strike-slip faulting along the Nan Ma Fault was identified as the cause.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The death toll from the 2011 Burma earthquake near the Thailand border reaches at least 75 with the potential for "many more casualties" as dozens of buildings…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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