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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Kyaukse in Burma (Myanmar)

Posted by admin on May 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 21.4274S, 96.0541WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kyaukse in Burma (Myanmar) on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/05/25 / 2025-05-17 15:54:47 / May 17, 2025 @ 3:54 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000pzv3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pzv3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.0541 East, latitude 21.4274 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:54:47 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). 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.

Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pakokku, Pyin Oo Lwin, Myingyan (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SSW of Kyaukse, Burma (Myanmar). This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.0541° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.4274° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km SSW of Kyaukse, Burma (Myanmar) Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-17 15:54:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-17 16:13:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 416 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 171 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.083 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pzv3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pzv3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pzv3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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