A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Mường Lay in Vietnam. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:17:21 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/25 / 2025-05-16 04:17:21 / May 16, 2025 @ 4:17 am. Exact location, longitude 103.107° East, latitude 21.8525° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pzim. Id of event: us7000pzim. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sa Pá, Dien Bien Phu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Sa Pá (c. 138 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Dien Bien Phu (c. 40 300 pop). Close country/countries, Vietnam (c. 89 571 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 16 km S of Mường Lay, Vietnam.
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