Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Meiktila in Burma (Myanmar)

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Meiktila in Burma (Myanmar). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q5ps. Id of event: us6000q5ps. Exact location of event, longitude 96.0055 East, latitude 21.1538 North, depth = 7.673 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:24:57 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.673 km (5 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/25 / 2025-04-13 02:24:57 / April 13, 2025 @ 2:24 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pyin Oo Lwin, Pakokku, Mandalay (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 34 km NNE of Meiktila, Burma (Myanmar). This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Burma (Myanmar)Kyaukse Mandalay Meiktila Myanmar Myingyan Pakokku Pyin Oo Lwin Sagaing Yamethin

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	96.0055° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	21.1538° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.673 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km NNE of Meiktila, Burma (Myanmar)	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-13 02:24:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-13 02:43:18	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	465	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	93	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.018	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	52	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	us6000q5ps	Id of event.
Event Code	6000q5ps	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000q5ps,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

96.0055° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

21.1538° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

7.673 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

34 km NNE of Meiktila, Burma (Myanmar)

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-04-13 02:24:57

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-04-13 02:43:18

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

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

465

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.018

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.6 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000q5ps

Id of event.

Event Code

6000q5ps

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000q5ps,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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