This is a list of earthquakes in Thailand:

Earthquakes

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

  1. ^ a b c d e Nutalaya & Sodsri 1983, p. 18–138.
  2. ^ "M 5.9 - 87 km NNE of Hpa-An, Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Lukkunaprasit 1989, p. 3.
  4. ^ "M 4.8 - 54 km N of Chiang Mai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  5. ^ "M 4.6 - 14 km NNW of Chiang Mai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  6. ^ "M 6.3 - 40 km NE of Ban Houakhoua, Laos". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  7. ^ "M 6.9 - 27 km NNW of Tachilek, Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  8. ^ "M 6.1 - 32 km SSW of Chiang Rai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. ^ "M 4.6 - 26 km SW of Mae Chai, Thailand". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  10. ^ "M 6.2 - 43 km WNW of Sainyabuli, Laos". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

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