Information message about strong earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, 2025

An earthquake (devastating at the epicenter on the SIS-17 scale) with M=7.8 occurred on March 28, 2025 at 06:20 GMT (09:20 Moscow Time) in Myanmar.<br /> SIS-17 - Earthquakes. Seismic intensity scale. State Standard 57546–2017.

Parameters of the earthquake have been determined in the Alert Service (AS) of Information Processing Center (IPC) of Geophysical Survey of RAS in Obninsk with station data obtained from digital and analog seismic stations of Russia, countries of CIS and from abroad. Alert message on this earthquake has been delivered in 13 min after registration to the Ministry of Emergency of the Russian Federation (EMERCOM).

Preliminary processing has been done with data from 17 stations, accurate processing - with data from 69.

The red marker on the map is the epicenter of the earthquake, which was located in northwestern Myanmar, at a depth of 10 km, 10 km W-SW of Sigaing, 27 km SW of Mandalay and 234 km N of Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar.
Time in origin (GMT) Latitude, degree Longitude, degree Depth, km Stations number Ms/N mb/N I0 (calculated) GAP Center
1 06:20:52.0 21.83 95.88 10.0 69 7.8/47 6.5/50 11-11.5 89 GS RAS(Verified)
Federal research center, Geophysical survey of Russian Academy of Sciences
2 06:20:57.9 22.89 95.58 10.0 17 5.9/17 7.5-8 GS RAS(Preliminary)
Federal research center, Geophysical survey of Russian Academy of Sciences
3 06:20:55.6 22.01 95.92 10.0 711 Mw 7.7 6.5/456 15 CSEM
European - Mediterranean seismological center
4 06:20:54.0 22.01 95.92 10.0 83 Mw 7.7 41 NEIC
National Earthquakes Information Center of US Geological Service