List of earthquakes in Thailand

Updated: 11/5/2025, 10:41:22 PM Wikipedia source

This is a list of earthquakes in Thailand:

Tables

· Earthquakes

460-07-22

Date (UTC)

460-07-22

Location

Mag.

MMI

XII

Deaths

"Many"

Injuries

Comments

A village was submerged and a lake was created.

564-06-07

Date (UTC)

564-06-07

Location

Mag.

MMI

VIII

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Four pagodas collapsed.

1568-07-09

Date (UTC)

1568-07-09

Location

Chiang Mai

Mag.

MMI

VII

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

An 86-meter-high pagoda was damaged.

1575-07-06

Date (UTC)

1575-07-06

Location

Chiang Saen

Mag.

MMI

VII

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Temples and pagodas in four districts were destroyed.

1839-03-23

Date (UTC)

1839-03-23

Location

Myanmar

Mag.

8.0+

MMI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Felt in Bangkok. MMI XI in Myanmar. More than 400 fatalities.

1922-05-02

Date (UTC)

1922-05-02

Location

Shan (Myanmar)

Mag.

6.7

MMI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

1925-12-23

Date (UTC)

1925-12-23

Location

Khon Kaen

Mag.

5.6

MMI

VII–VIII

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Mw . Significant damage.

1935-05-13

Date (UTC)

1935-05-13

Location

Sainyabuli (Laos)

Mag.

6.3

MMI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

1975-02-17

Date (UTC)

1975-02-17

Location

Tak (Myanmar border)

Mag.

6.0

MMI

V–VI

Deaths

Injuries

"Several"

Comments

Mw . Some damage and some people injured in Bangkok.

1978-05-25

Date (UTC)

1978-05-25

Location

Chiang Mai

Mag.

4.8

MMI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

mb . Some damage in Phrao.

1983-04-22

Date (UTC)

1983-04-22

Location

Kanchanaburi

Mag.

5.7

MMI

VII

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Mw . Some damage in Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, and Nakhon Phanom. Reservoir-induced earthquake.

1983-04-22

Date (UTC)

1983-04-22

Location

Kanchanaburi

Mag.

5.2

MMI

V–VI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Mw . Aftershock.

1988-11-06

Date (UTC)

1988-11-06

Location

Yunnan (Myanmar–China border)

Mag.

7.6 & 7.2

MMI

V–VI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Ms . 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

Date (UTC)

1989-09-30

Location

Shan (Myanmar–Thailand border)

Mag.

5.8

MMI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Mw . Some damage in Chiang Mai.

2006-12-12

Date (UTC)

2006-12-12

Location

Chiang Mai

Mag.

4.6

MMI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

mb . Five buildings damaged.

2007-05-16

Date (UTC)

2007-05-16

Location

Bokeo (Laos)

Mag.

6.3

MMI

VIII

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Mw . Some buildings in Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen sustained minor damage.

2011-03-24

Date (UTC)

2011-03-24

Location

Shan (Myanmar)

Mag.

6.8

MMI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Mw . One person in Mae Sai killed. MMI IX in Myanmar. At least 74 fatalities in total.

2014-05-05

Date (UTC)

2014-05-05

Location

Chiang Rai

Mag.

6.1

MMI

VIII

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Mw . An elderly person died of a heart attack and 23 people were injured. Damage to buildings and roads.

2019-02-20

Date (UTC)

2019-02-20

Location

Lampang

Mag.

4.6

MMI

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Mw . Damage to at least 15 buildings, including a pagoda.

2019-11-20

Date (UTC)

2019-11-20

Location

Sainyabuli (Laos)

Mag.

6.2

MMI

VII

Deaths

Injuries

Comments

Mw . Damage to some buildings and two people injured in Laos. Several buildings damaged in Bo Kluea and Chaloem Phra Kiat.

2025-03-28

Date (UTC)

2025-03-28

Location

Sagaing, (Myanmar)

Mag.

7.7

MMI

Deaths

103

Injuries

Comments

Strongest earthquake felt in Thailand since 2016; 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.

Date (UTC)

Note: Only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

Date (UTC)	Location	Mag.	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	-	-	-	Ms
1925-12-23	Khon Kaen	5.6	VII–VIII	-	-	Mw . Significant damage.
1935-05-13	Sainyabuli (Laos)	6.3	-	-	-	Ms
1975-02-17	Tak (Myanmar border)	6.0	V–VI	-	"Several"	Mw . Some damage and some people injured in Bangkok.
1978-05-25	Chiang Mai	4.8	V	-	-	mb . Some damage in Phrao.
1983-04-22	Kanchanaburi	5.7	VII	-	-	Mw . Some damage in Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, and Nakhon Phanom. Reservoir-induced earthquake.
1983-04-22	Kanchanaburi	5.2	V–VI	-	-	Mw . Aftershock.
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. 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.
2006-12-12	Chiang Mai	4.6	IV	-	-	mb . Five buildings damaged.
2007-05-16	Bokeo (Laos)	6.3	VIII	-	-	Mw . Some buildings in Chiang Rai and Chiang Saen sustained minor damage.
2011-03-24	Shan (Myanmar)	6.8	VI	1	-	Mw . 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 . 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 . Damage to at least 15 buildings, including a pagoda.
2019-11-20	Sainyabuli (Laos)	6.2	VII	-	-	Mw . 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; 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.

References

Nutalaya & Sodsri 1983, p. 18–138.
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"M 7.7 - 16 km NNW of Sagaing, Myanmar"
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pn9s
ระทึก! แผ่นดินไหว 7.7 เขย่าตอนกลาง ‘พม่า’ สะเทือนถึงกทม. คนนับร้อยวิ่งแตกตื่นหนีลงจากอาคารสูง
https://mgronline.com/around/detail/9680000029565
"Powerful earthquakes rock Thailand and Myanmar, triggering the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise"
https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40047984
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1YN02B/