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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Paungde in Burma


Earthquake location 18.2175S, 95.8133WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Paungde in Burma on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:32:35 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 95.8133 East, latitude 18.2175 North, depth = 65.62 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100042pp. Id of event: us100042pp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.62 km (41 miles). Global time and date of event 28/11/15 / 2015-11-28 07:02:35 / November 28, 2015 @ 7:02 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Hinthada (c. 134 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hinthada, Pyu, Tharyarwady. Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km SE of Paungde, Burma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.8133° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2175° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km SE of Paungde, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-28 07:02:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-26 11:40:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.982 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100042pp Id of event.
Event Code 100042pp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100042pp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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