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1839 Ava Earthquake

Name: 1839 Ava Earthquake
Start: 1839-03-23
Location: Central Myanmar

When: March 23, 1839
Where: Central Myanmar
Part of: Event of 1839: An earthquake in the Kingdom of Burma kills more than 400 people and destroys th

A major earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 23, 1839, causing widespread damage to the capital at Ava.

The event, estimated at moment magnitude 8.3, was one of the largest in the country since 1762. It ruptured two segments of the Sagaing Fault, the Meiktila and Sagaing segments. The felt area was larger than the 1912 Maymyo earthquake.

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1839 Ava earthquake Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-26

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