A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Meiktila in Burma (Myanmar) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/04/25 / 2025-04-07 21:48:24 / April 7, 2025 @ 9:48 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:48:24 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 96.1377° East, 21.0574° North. Id of earthquake: us6000q6tu. Event ids that are associated: us6000q6tu.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sagaing, Myingyan, Yamethin (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days nineteen 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: 35 km NE of Meiktila, Burma (Myanmar).
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