2012 Shwebo earthquake

6.8 magnitude earthquake in central Myanmar December 2019 2012 Shwebo earthquake Burma 2012-11-11 01:12:40 601885134 usp000jvbq yes 2012 11 11 07:42:40 MMT 6.8 w y 13.7 km mi 0 on 23.014 95.883 region:ID_type:event inline,title Burma 7 26 dead + 12 missinghttp://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/321056/myanmar-quake-death-toll-rises Myanmar quake's death toll rises 13 November 2012 Bangkok Post Bangkok Post 19 November 2012 thumb|240px|USGS shake map for the earthquake The 2012 Shwebo earthquake occurred at 07:42 local time (01:12 UTC) on 11 November in Myanmar. It had a magnitude of 6.8 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000dqqw#summary M6.8 – 52 km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar United States Geological Survey 11 November 2012 11 November 2012 The epicenter was near the town of Male, 52 km NNE of the city of Shwebo, 64 km west of Mogok and 120 km north of Mandalay. Significant damage and possible casualties have been reported from near the epicenter, with up to 26 people dead and many more injured. Part of a bridge under construction fell into the Irrawaddy River near Shwebo and a gold mine collapsed at Sintku.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/11/burma-earthquake-feared-dead 11 November 2012 Burma earthquake leaves at least 12 feared dead 13 May 2013 London The Guardian https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20285901 Burma earthquake: At least 12 feared dead 11 November 2012 11 November 2012 BBC News An aftershock with a magnitude of 5.8 followed at 17:24 local time (10:54 UTC).https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000dqvg#summary M5.8 – 29 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar United States Geological Survey 11 November 2012 Tectonic setting Central Burma lies within the complex zone of collision between the Indo-Australian plate and the Eurasian plate. In this area the collision is highly oblique and much of the plate convergence is accommodated by right lateral strike slip faults, of which the largest is the north–south trending Sagaing Fault, which takes up 18 mm per year of this movement.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002aes.php#summary Magnitude 6.9 – MYANMAR:Earthquake Summary 12 May 2012 United States Geological Survey 11 November 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110630101620/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002aes.php 30 June 2011 Earthquake The earthquake was caused by right lateral movement on the Sagaing Fault between Singu and Tagaung, with a preliminary estimated rupture length of 60–70 km, and was followed by three large (M≥5) aftershocks in the area south of the mainshock epicenter,http://earthquakemyanmar.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/male-%E1%80%99%E1%80%9C%E1%80%9A%E1%80%B9-earthquake-11-11-2012-myanmar/ Male (မလယ္) Earthquake (11-11-2012), Myanmar Myanmar Earthquake Committee 11 November 2012 11 November 2012 and one to the north.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000dqy4 M5.6 – 62 km WNW of Mogok, Myanmar 11 November 2012 United States Geological Survey 11 November 2012 A detailed and thorough evaluation of the event suggest the rupture was estimated at 45-km-long and on the Sagaing Fault zone. Centroid moment tensor solution suggested the earthquake ruptured a north–south trending and sub-vertical fault that steeply dipped to the east.Soe Thura Tun Ian M. Watkinson Myanmar: Geology, Resources and Tectonics Geological Society, London, Memoirs 2017 48 413–441 10.1144/M48.19 134291037 Surface ruptures associated with the earthquake was well defined for 45 km. The earthquake had produced a maximum slip of 1.02 meters at a location north of Thabeikkyin. Damage Many buildings, including monasteries, pagodas, a hospital, and a school collapsed in Male and neighbouring villages. Damage was also reported from Shwebo, Mogok and Mandalay. The Radana Thinga Bridge, which was still under construction, fell into the Irrawaddy River, and several workers went missing.https://www.reuters.com/article/myanmar-quake-idUSL3E8MB0DY20121111 Strong quake in central Myanmar kills at least six Aung Hla Tun 11 November 2012 Reuters 11 November 2012 See also List of earthquakes in 2012 List of earthquakes in Myanmar References External links 601885134 Shwebo earthquake Category:Earthquakes in Myanmar Category:2012 disasters in Myanmar Category:November 2012 in Asia