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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Prome in Burma


Earthquake location 18.9645S, 94.8726WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Prome in Burma on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:37:58 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 12:07:58 / July 13, 2018 @ 12:07 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g3y7. Id of event: us2000g3y7. Exact location of event, longitude 94.8726 East, latitude 18.9645 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Myanaung, Paungde, Myaydo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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 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: 39 km WNW of Prome, Burma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.8726° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9645° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km WNW of Prome, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-13 12:07:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-13 12:55:40 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 340 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 2.712 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us2000g3y7 Id of event.
Event Code 2000g3y7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g3y7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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