A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Meiktila in Burma (Myanmar). Id of earthquake: us7000putd. Event ids that are associated: us7000putd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.0731 East, latitude 21.0117 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/04/25 / 2025-04-11 04:58:56 / April 11, 2025 @ 4:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:58:56 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Myingyan, Kyaukse, Yamethin. Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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: 26 km ENE of Meiktila, Burma (Myanmar).
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