Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 37 km WSW of Pyu, Burma

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Pyu in Burma. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dr8g. Id of event: us1000dr8g. Exact location of event, longitude 96.1139 East, latitude 18.3457 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 18:53:34 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 12:23:34 / April 24, 2018 @ 12:23 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hinthada, Tharyarwady, Myanaung (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Hinthada (c. 134 900 pop), 74 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), 37 km (23 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	96.1139° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	18.3457° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37km WSW of Pyu, Burma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-24 12:23:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-24 12:40:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	390	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.5	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	400	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	1.999	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.66 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	32	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	us1000dr8g	Id of event.
Event Code	1000dr8g	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000dr8g,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

96.1139° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

18.3457° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

37km WSW of Pyu, Burma

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-04-24 12:23:34

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-04-24 12:40:09

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

2.5

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

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

400

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.999

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.66 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000dr8g

Id of event.

Event Code

1000dr8g

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us1000dr8g,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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