1956 Sagaing earthquake

Earthquake in Myanmar 1956 Sagaing earthquake 1956-07-16 15:07:12 888485 iscgem888485 1956 07 16 21:37:12 Burma w y 7.1 25 km on 22.08 95.82 inline,title 9 38 deaths 1956 M 6.8 Sagaing earthquake.jpg USGS ShakeMap The 1956 Sagaing earthquake occurred on July 16, 1956, at 15:07 UTC. The earthquake was located near Sagaing, Burma.http://www.cridlac.org/digitalizacion/pdf/eng/doc6970/doc6970-contenido%20.pdf Major important factors in Myanmar : Construction, insurance, community preparedness and prediction World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI). International Center for Disaster-Mitigation Engineering (INCEDE). 8–11 feb. 1993. Bangkok. TH. A. Cho U. Htu 1993 Document 6970February 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes This earthquake had a magnitude of w y 7.1. Thirty-eight people died because of the earthquake.Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead September 29, 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set Several pagodas, including the Mingun Pagoda, were severely damaged.http://www.mm.undp.org/UNDP_Publication_PDF/DRR%20manuals/Manual%20on%20Earthquake%20(English).pdf UN-HABITAT, Myanmar Manual on Earthquake – Causes, Effects & Preparedness 2013-05-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20121208083921/http://www.mm.undp.org//UNDP_Publication_PDF/DRR%20manuals/Manual%20on%20Earthquake%20(English).pdf 2012-12-08 dead The earthquake was close to the Shan-Sagaing Fault.Dasgupta Sujit Mukhopadhyay Basab Mukhopadhyay Manoj Earthquake Forerunner as Probable Precursor – An Example from North Burma Subduction Zone Journal of the Geological Society of India September 2012 80 3 393402 https://web.archive.org/web/20141210125624/http://www.geosocindia.org/abstracts/2012/sept/p393-402.pdf 2014-12-10 dead 10.1007/s12594-012-0157-1 2012JGSI...80..393D 129316696 http://www.geosocindia.org/abstracts/2012/sept/p393-402.pdf However, the focal mechanism remains undetermined.http://www.mri-jma.go.jp/Publish/Papers/DATA/VOL_23/23_149.pdf Focal Mechanisms of Earthquakes Occurring in and around the Himalayan and Burmese Mountain Belts 3 23 Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics September 1972 149162 Ichikawa Masaji Srivastava H. N. Drakopoulos J. 10.2467/mripapers1950.23.3_149 2013-05-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20130119181051/http://www.mri-jma.go.jp/Publish/Papers/DATA/VOL_23/23_149.pdf 2013-01-19 dead Near the epicenter, the shaking reached VIII (Severe) to IX (Violent) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. See also List of earthquakes in 1956 List of earthquakes in Myanmar References 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 680 External links 888485 Sagaing earthquake, 1956 Category:Earthquakes in Myanmar Category:Strike-slip earthquakes Category:1956 in Burma Category:July 1956 in Asia