A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Mawlamyinegyunn in Burma on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.25 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:46:56 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000bscd. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bscd. Exact location of earthquake, 95.0669° East, 16.3955° North, depth 38.25 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/11/17 / 2017-11-12 01:16:56 / November 12, 2017 @ 1:16 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maubin, Kyaiklat, Pyapon. Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Pathein (c. 237 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bogale (c. 68 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Pyapon (c. 65 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Kyaiklat (c. 52 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Maubin (c. 51 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Wakema (c. 42 700 pop). Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 21 km W of Mawlamyinegyunn, Burma.
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