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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Mawlaik in Myanmar


Earthquake location 23.5477S, 94.4335WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Mawlaik in Myanmar on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/20 / 2020-10-05 12:08:40 / October 5, 2020 @ 12:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 94.4335 East, latitude 23.5477 North, depth = 74.11 km. Unique identifier: us6000c725. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c725. The epicenter was at a depth of 74.11 km (46 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:08:40 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik. Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). The epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.4335° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.5477° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km SSE of Mawlaik, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-05 12:08:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-04 10:06:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 0.689 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us6000c725 Id of event.
Event Code 6000c725 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c725, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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