This is a list of earthquakes in Thailand:
Date (UTC) | Location | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Comments | |||
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460 | - | - | XII | "Many" | - | Occurred on a Saturday night. An entire village was submerged and formed a lake. | ||
564 | - | - | VIII | - | - | Four pagodas collapsed. | ||
1568 | Chiang Mai | - | VII | - | - | An 86-meter-high pagoda was damaged. | ||
1575 | Chiang Saen | - | VII | - | - | Temples and pagodas in four districts were destroyed. | ||
1839-03-23 | Myanmar | 8.0+ | V | - | - | Felt in Bangkok. MMI XI in Myanmar. More than 400 fatalities. | ||
1922-05-02 | Shan (Myanmar) | 6.7 | - | - | - | |||
1935-05-13 | Sainyabuli (Laos) | 6.3 | - | - | - | |||
1975-02-17 | Tak (Myanmar border) | 6.0 | V–VI | - | "Several" | .[1] Some damage and some people injured in Bangkok. | ||
1978-05-25 | Chiang Mai | 4.8 | V | - | - | .[2] Some damage in Phrao. | ||
1983-04-22 | Kanchanaburi | 5.8 | V–VII | - | - | . Some damage in Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, and Nakhon Phanom. Reservoir induced earthquake. | ||
1988-11-06 | Yunnan (Myanmar–China border) | 7.6 & 7.2 | V–VI | - | - | . Some damage in Chiang Rai. Felt by people in tall buildings in Bangkok. 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 | - | - | . Some damage in Chiang Mai. | ||
2006-12-12 | Chiang Mai | 4.6 | IV | - | - | .[3] Five buildings damaged. | ||
2007-05-16 | Bokeo (Laos) | 6.3 | VIII | - | - | .[4] Some buildings in Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen sustained minor damage. | ||
2011-03-24 | Shan (Myanmar) | 6.8 | VI | 1 | - | .[5] 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 | .[6] An elderly person died of a heart attack and 23 people were injured. Damage to buildings and roads. | ||
2019-02-20 | 4.6 | VI | - | - | .[7] Damage to at least 15 buildings, including a pagoda. | |||
2019-11-20 | Sainyabuli (Laos) | 6.2 | VII | - | - | .[8] 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. |
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