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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Monywa in Myanmar


Earthquake location 22.0856S, 94.6654WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Monywa in Myanmar. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:22:47 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.6654 East, latitude 22.0856 North, depth = 112.46 km. Global time and date of event 19/12/20 / 2020-12-19 06:22:47 / December 19, 2020 @ 6:22 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000d26s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d26s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.46 km (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monywa.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 48 km W of Monywa, Myanmar.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.6654° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.0856° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km W of Monywa, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-19 06:22:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-30 13:48:02 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 2.16 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 173 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 us6000d26s Id of event.
Event Code 6000d26s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d26s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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