A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Pyu in Burma on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 96.1114° East, latitude 18.3443° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000cjdw. Event ids that are associated: us2000cjdw. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 23:29:46 / January 13, 2018 @ 11:29 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:59:46 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tharyarwady, Myanaung, Nyaunglebin (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km WSW of Pyu, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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