Kabaw Fault

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

  1. ↑ http://www.thequint.com/india/2016/07/19/in-india-bangladesh-and-myanmar-a-major-earthquake-is-inevitable
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