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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Thayetmyo in Burma


Earthquake location 19.2065S, 95.0277WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Thayetmyo in Burma. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:06:12 / 4:06 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 09:36:12 / November 26, 2019 @ 9:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.0277 East, latitude 19.2065 North, depth = 78.15 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.15 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006d4y. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006d4y.

Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paungde, Pyay, Myaydo.

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SW of Thayetmyo, 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 95.0277° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.2065° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km SW of Thayetmyo, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-26 09:36:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-26 10:00:40 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 2.444 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us70006d4y Id of event.
Event Code 70006d4y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006d4y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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