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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Myitkyina in Burma


Earthquake location 25.2606S, 96.8628WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Myitkyina in Burma on Saturday. Event id: us6000505r. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000505r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 12:19:16 / August 3, 2019 @ 12:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.8628 East, latitude 25.2606 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 18:49:16 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Myitkyina (c. 90 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Myitkyina.

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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 55 km WSW of Myitkyina, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.8628° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.2606° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km WSW of Myitkyina, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-03 12:19:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-03 13:10:27 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 2.545 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 92 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 us6000505r Id of event.
Event Code 6000505r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000505r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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