List of earthquakes in Thailand
This is a list of earthquakes in Thailand:
Earthquakes
[edit]| Date (UTC) | Location | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460 | - | - | XII | "Many" | - | Occurred on a Saturday night. An entire village was submerged and formed a lake.[1] | |
| 564 | - | - | VIII | - | - | Four pagodas collapsed.[1] | |
| 1568 | Chiang Mai | - | VII | - | - | An 86-meter-high pagoda was damaged.[1] | |
| 1575 | Chiang Saen | - | VII | - | - | Temples and pagodas in four districts were destroyed.[1] | |
| 1839-03-23 | Myanmar | 8.0+ | V | - | - | Felt in Bangkok.[1] MMI XI in Myanmar. More than 400 fatalities. | |
| 1922-05-02 | Shan (Myanmar) | 6.7 | - | - | - | Ms | |
| 1935-05-13 | Sainyabuli (Laos) | 6.3 | - | - | - | Ms | |
| 1975-02-17 | Tak (Myanmar border) | 6.0 | V–VI | - | "Several" | Mw .[2] Some damage and some people injured in Bangkok.[3] | |
| 1978-05-25 | Chiang Mai | 4.8 | V | - | - | mb .[4] Some damage in Phrao. | |
| 1983-04-22 | Kanchanaburi | 5.8 | V–VII | - | - | Mw . Some damage in Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, and Nakhon Phanom. Reservoir induced earthquake.[3] | |
| 1988-11-06 | Yunnan (Myanmar–China border) | 7.6 & 7.2 | V–VI | - | - | Ms . Some damage in Chiang Rai. Felt by people in tall buildings in Bangkok.[3] More than 700 killed in China. Two mainshocks separated by 13 minutes; MMI IX and X respectively. | |
| 1989-09-30 | Shan (Myanmar–Thailand border) | 5.8 | VI | - | - | Mw . Some damage in Chiang Mai.[3] | |
| 2006-12-12 | Chiang Mai | 4.6 | IV | - | - | mb .[5] Five buildings damaged. | |
| 2007-05-16 | Bokeo (Laos) | 6.3 | VIII | - | - | Mw .[6] Some buildings in Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen sustained minor damage. | |
| 2011-03-24 | Shan (Myanmar) | 6.8 | VI | 1 | - | Mw .[7] One person in Mae Sai killed. MMI IX in Myanmar. At least 74 fatalities in total. | |
| 2014-05-05 | Chiang Rai | 6.1 | VIII | 1 | 23 | Mw .[8] An elderly person died of a heart attack and 23 people were injured. Damage to buildings and roads. | |
| 2019-02-20 | Lampang | 4.6 | VI | - | - | Mw .[9] Damage to at least 15 buildings, including a pagoda. | |
| 2019-11-20 | Sainyabuli (Laos) | 6.2 | VII | - | - | Mw .[10] Damage to some buildings and two people injured in Laos. Several buildings damaged in Bo Kluea and Chaloem Phra Kiat. | |
| Note: Only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Nutalaya & Sodsri 1983, p. 18–138.
- ^ "M 5.9 - 87 km NNE of Hpa-An, Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Lukkunaprasit 1989, p. 3.
- ^ "M 4.8 - 54 km N of Chiang Mai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "M 4.6 - 14 km NNW of Chiang Mai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "M 6.3 - 40 km NE of Ban Houakhoua, Laos". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "M 6.9 - 27 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "M 6.1 - 32 km SSW of Chiang Rai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "M 4.6 - 26 km SW of Mae Chai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "M 6.2 - 43 km WNW of Sainyabuli, Laos". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
Sources
- NGDC, Search Earthquake Catalog, U.S. Geological Survey
- NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- ISC, ISC Bulletin: event catalogue search, International Seismological Centre, doi:10.31905/D808B830
- Nutalaya, Prinya; Sodsri, Sopit (1983). Earthquakes data of Thailand and adjacent areas: 624 B.C. - 1983 A.D. (PDF). Thailand: Geological Society of Thailand. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2022.
- Lukkunaprasit, Panitan (1989). State of seismic risk mitigation in Thailand (PDF). Thailand: Chulalongkorn University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2022.
