A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw in Burma (Myanmar). The temblor was detected at 01:27:59 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/04/25 / 2025-04-28 01:27:59 / April 28, 2025 @ 1:27 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.9553° East, 19.3525° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000pvha. Event ids that are associated: us7000pvha.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taungdwingyi, Thayetmyo, Myaydo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop). Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km SSW of Nay Pyi Taw, Burma (Myanmar). This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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