A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Shwebo in Burma (Myanmar) on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 23:33:17 / May 4, 2025 @ 11:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000px5u. Unique identifier: us7000px5u. Exact location, longitude 95.53° East, latitude 22.8285° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:33:17 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monywa, Shwebo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km NNW of Shwebo, Burma (Myanmar).
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