Naypyidaw, Myanmar — A magnitude-3.8 earthquake struck Myanmar on December 11, 2025, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported. The tremor occurred at a depth of 38 km and was recorded at 02:38:25 IST with coordinates approximately 23.56 N, 93.64 E, according to the NCS post on X.
The event followed two other recent tremors in the country: a magnitude-4.6 quake on December 10, 2025 (15:05:38 IST) at a depth of 138 km near 24.44 N, 95.95 E, and a magnitude-3.7 tremor on December 9, 2025 (01:21:18 IST) at a depth of 30 km near 22.88 N, 93.81 E. All three incidents were reported by the NCS via social media updates.
Myanmar faces substantial seismic and tsunami hazards along its long coastline. The country sits at the junction of four tectonic plates—the Indian, Eurasian, Sunda, and Burma plates—whose interactions drive frequent geological activity. A roughly 1,400-kilometre transform fault traverses Myanmar, linking the Andaman spreading centre with a northern collision zone along the Sagaing Fault. The Sagaing Fault increases seismic risk for the regions of Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, and Yangon, which together contain about 46 percent of the country’s population. Although Yangon is set some distance from the fault trace, its high population density raises its vulnerability; historically, a magnitude-7.0 quake in Bago in 1903 also severely impacted Yangon.
Earlier this year, central Myanmar was hit by far larger earthquakes (magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 on March 28), prompting warnings from the World Health Organization about heightened health risks for tens of thousands of displaced people, including threats from tuberculosis, HIV, and vector- and water-borne diseases.
This report is based on NCS seismic updates and syndicated news feeds.