1931 Myitkyina earthquake

Earthquake in Myanmar 1931 Myitkyina earthquake 1931-01-27 20:09:19 iscgem906595 906595 January 28, 1931 02:39 Burma w y 7.6 35 km on 25.67 96.15 inline,title 9 The 1931 Myitkyina earthquake, or also known as the 1931 Kamaing earthquake, occurred on January 28 at 02:39 local time (20:09 on January 27 UTC).International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology Part A, Volume 81A Global seismicity: 1900–1999 E. R. Engdahl A. Vallaseñor 2002 https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/centennial/centennial.pdf Academic Press First 978-0124406520 675Chhibber H. L. The Physiography of Burma https://books.google.com/books?id=FgSKGwAACAAJ 1933 Longmans, Green & Company, Limited It was located in northern Burma, then part of British India. The magnitude of this earthquake was put at w y 7.6. According to some sources the depth was 35 km, and according to a study of Phyo M. M. the depth was 5 to 30 km.Phyo, M.M. & Shibazaki, B & Hurukawa, Nobuo. (2010). Relocation of earthquakes in Myanmar by MJHD method: Aftershocks of large earthquakes and seismicity along the Sagaing fault. Bulletin of the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering. 44. 25–30. The shock was very violent and lasted at least 30 seconds. The intensity reached MMI IX. There were numerous fissures and cracks.MacRae, G. A., U. T. Myint, and Sudhir Kumar Jain. "Steps in Earthquake Proofing a Country—A Case Study of Myanmar." Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 44.2 (2011): 87. Sand blows were reported. The earthquake may have been caused by slip along the Sagaing Fault.Faulting associated with large earthquakes and the average rate of deformation in central and eastern Asia Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 89 B7 6203–6227 1984 Molnar Peter Qidong Denq 1984JGR....89.6203M 10.1029/JB089iB07p06203 The Sagaing Fault is a continental transform fault between the India Plate and the Sunda plate.Tectonic geomorphology of the southernmost Sagaing Fault and surface rupture associated with the May 1930 Pegu (Bago) earthquake, Myanmar http://www-crus.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/crus/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88/About_Me_files/2009_BSSA.pdf H. Tsutsumi T. Sato 2009 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America Seismological Society of America 99 4 2155–2168 10.1785/0120080113 2009BuSSA..99.2155T 2012-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20141225172304/http://www-crus.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/crus/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88/About_Me_files/2009_BSSA.pdf 2014-12-25 dead This earthquake is located along the northern Sagaing Fault. Sagaing Fault at 22° N is narrow, about 10 km wide. The part of Sagaing Fault between 25°30' and 26° is wider, with a shear zone about 70 km wide, and has four branches identified.First global positioning system results in northern Myanmar: Constant and localized slip rate along the Sagaing fault Geology 38 7 591 2010 Maurin T Masson F Rangin C Min U. T Collard P 2010Geo....38..591M 10.1130/G30872.1 See also List of earthquakes in 1931 References External links 906595 Category:1931 earthquakes Category:Earthquakes in Myanmar Category:January 1931 in Asia Category:1931 in Burma