1930 Pyu earthquake

Earthquake in Myanmar 1930 Pyu earthquake 1930-12-03 18:51:47 iscgem907777 907777 4 December 1930 01:21 Burma w y 7.3 35 km on 17.97 96.42 inline,title 9 36 deaths The 1930 Pyu earthquake occurred on 4 December at 01:21 local time December 3, 1930, at 18:51 UTC with an epicenter north of Bago, Burma, then part of British India. The earthquake measured w y 7.3, or s y 7.3.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 675Significant 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 There were at least 36 deaths. Earthquake Before the earthquake, a tremor occurred at 16:36 UTC, and was felt in Yangon. The earthquake struck at 18:51 UTC, causing severe damage to Pyu, located about 130 km mi north of Bago. Many masonry structures in Pyu were destroyed.Tectonic Geomorphology of the Southernmost Sagaing Fault and Surface Rupture Associated with the May 1930 Pegu (Bago) Earthquake, Myanmar Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 99 4 2155 2009 Tsutsumi H Sato T 10.1785/0120080113 2009BuSSA..99.2155T Damage The area between Nyaunglebin and Toungoo was hardest hit, with 36 deaths reported. Many buildings were destroyed and the local railway was also damaged, with many freight cars and one locomotive derailed and turned over. The intensity of the quake reached Rossi-Forel VIII–IX, corresponding to MM VII–IX,Earthquakes and slip rate of the southern Sagaing fault: Insights from an offset ancient fort wall, lower Burma (Myanmar) Geophysical Journal International 185 1 49–64 2011 Wang Yu Sieh Kerry Aung Thura Min Soe Khaing Saw Ngwe Tun Soe Thura 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04918.x free 2011GeoJI.185...49W http://authors.library.caltech.edu/23464/1/Wang2011p13370Geophys_J_Int.pdf and was felt in Bangkok, Thailand, about 660 km mi on away. It was reported that the water in the Khlong Saen Saeb was agitated violently and overflowed its banks more than once.Seismic microzonation of the greater Bangkok area using microtremor observations Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics 33 2 211 2004 Tuladhar Rabin Yamazaki Fumio Warnitchai Pennung Saita Jun 10.1002/eqe.345 2004EESD...33..211T 67784963 Related earthquakes 1930 Bago earthquake This earthquake and the Bago earthquake on May 5, 1930, were both located in the area of the Sagaing Fault. The Sagaing Fault is a right-lateral strike-slip fault that accommodates much of the shear component of the highly oblique relative motion between the India Plate and the Sunda plate. This fault influences segments of the path of the Irrawaddy north of Mandalay.10.1029/JB089iB01p00453 Active faulting and tectonics of Burma and surrounding regions Journal of Geophysical Research 89 B1 453 1984 Le Dain Anne Yvonne Tapponnier Paul Molnar Peter 1984JGR....89..453L The May 5 earthquake may have triggered the December 4 Pyu earthquake. The distribution of the intensities of the two earthquakes suggests that at least a 50 km mi on section of the Sagaing Fault between the two events of 1930 did not rupture during either of these two earthquakes. See also List of earthquakes in 1930 List of earthquakes in Myanmar References External links 907777 Pyu earthquake, 1930 Category:Earthquakes in Myanmar Pyu earthquake Category:Bago Region Pyu earthquake Category:Strike-slip earthquakes Category:December 1930 in Asia