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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Bhamo in Burma


Earthquake location 24.916S, 96.4515WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 106 km NW of Bhamo, Burma (66 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.55 km (35 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000bws7. Event ids that are associated: us1000bws7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 55.55 km, 96.4515° East, 24.916° North. The temblor was detected at 00:42:31 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/17 / 2017-12-27 18:12:31 / December 27, 2017 @ 6:12 pm.

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 two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 106 km NW of Bhamo, Burma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.4515° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.916° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106km NW of Bhamo, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-27 18:12:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-31 21:51:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 2.074 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us1000bws7 Id of event.
Event Code 1000bws7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bws7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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