A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Meiktila in Burma (Myanmar). Exact location, longitude 96.0246° East, latitude 20.8303° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000py69. Unique identifier: us7000py69. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:37:30 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/05/25 / 2025-05-09 08:37:30 / May 9, 2025 @ 8:37 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kyaukse, Yamethin, Meiktila. Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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. 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: 18 km ESE of Meiktila, Burma (Myanmar).
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