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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Myanaung in Burma


Earthquake location 18.3005S, 94.8807WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Myanaung in Burma. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:52:55 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jpmv. Unique identifier: us2000jpmv. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/02/19 / 2019-02-17 08:22:55 / February 17, 2019 @ 8:22 am. Exact location, longitude 94.8807° East, latitude 18.3005° North, depth = 35 km.

Epicenter of the event was 68 km (43 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paungde, Pyay, Myanaung (min 5000 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 46 km W of Myanaung, Burma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.8807° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3005° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km W of Myanaung, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-17 08:22:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-14 08:19:51 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 259 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 3.089 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us2000jpmv Id of event.
Event Code 2000jpmv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jpmv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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