Kabaw Fault
Geological feature in Myanmar
Kabaw Fault is a fault in Myanmar. It was among those that ruptured during the 1762 Arakan earthquake.
Location
Kabaw Fault lies roughly parallel with the Indo-Burmese border near Mizoram at the foothills of the mountains separating the plains of central Myanmar with the Arakan Mountains, extending due south roughly 300 km.[1]
References
- ^ "In India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, a Major Earthquake is Inevitable". Thequint.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
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Earthquakes and plate tectonics in Myanmar
- 1762 Rahkine
- 1839 Innwa
- 1858 Prome
- 1912 Taunggyi
- 1930 Bago
- 1930 Pyu
- 1931 Myitkyina
- 1946 Sagaing
- 1950 Assam–Tibet
- 1956 Sagaing
- 1975 Bagan
- 1976 Yunnan
- 1988 Myanmar–India
- 1988 Lancang–Gengma
- 1995 Menglian
- 1997 Chittagong
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