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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 37 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar


Earthquake location 22.8218S, 95.9347WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Shwebo in Myanmar. The temblor was reported at 02:34:26 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 95.9347° East, latitude 22.8218° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/02/21 / 2021-02-25 02:34:26 / February 25, 2021 @ 2:34 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ddgz. Id of event: us7000ddgz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay, Mogok.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 37 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.9347° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.8218° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km NE of Shwebo, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-25 02:34:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-25 03:00:13 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 369 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 2.052 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us7000ddgz Id of event.
Event Code 7000ddgz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ddgz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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