This is a list of earthquakes in Thailand:
Earthquakes Date (UTC) Location MMI Deaths Injuries Comments 460-07-22 - - XII "Many" - A village was submerged and a lake was created. 564-06-07 - - VIII - - Four pagodas collapsed. 1568-07-09 Chiang Mai - VII - - An 86-meter-high pagoda was damaged. 1575-07-06 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 - - - 1925-12-23 Khon Kaen 5.6 VII–VIII - - . Significant damage. 1935-05-13 Sainyabuli (Laos) 6.3 - - - 1975-02-17 Tak (Myanmar border) 6.0 V–VI - "Several" . Some damage and some people injured in Bangkok. 1978-05-25 Chiang Mai 4.8 V - - . Some damage in Phrao. 1983-04-22 Kanchanaburi 5.7 VII - - . Some damage in Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, and Nakhon Phanom. Reservoir-induced earthquake. 1983-04-22 Kanchanaburi 5.2 V–VI - - . Aftershock. 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 - - . Five buildings damaged. 2007-05-16 Bokeo (Laos) 6.3 VIII - - . Some buildings in Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen sustained minor damage. 2011-03-24 Shan (Myanmar) 6.8 VI 1 - . 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 . 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 - - . Damage to at least 15 buildings, including a pagoda. 2019-11-20 Sainyabuli (Laos) 6.2 VII - - . Damage to some buildings and two people injured in Laos. Several buildings damaged in Bo Kluea and Chaloem Phra Kiat. 2025-03-28 Sagaing, (Myanmar) 7.7 X 103 36 Strongest earthquake felt in Thailand since 2016;ระทึก! แผ่นดินไหว 7.7 เขย่าตอนกลาง ‘พม่า’ สะเทือนถึงกทม. คนนับร้อยวิ่งแตกตื่นหนีลงจากอาคารสูง caused the collapse of a 33-story building under construction in Bangkok, trapping scores of workers.Note: Only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.
Tsunamis affecting Thailand 1941 Andaman Islands earthquake – magnitude 7.7 earthquake, severe damage and unknown fatalities. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake – magnitude 9.1 earthquake, extensive damage, more than 5,400 people killed and many missing. 2009 Andaman Islands earthquake – magnitude 7.5 earthquake, tsunami warning issued, no injuries or fatalities anywhere. 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake – magnitude 8.6 earthquake, tsunami warning issued, none fatalities.
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