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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Sittwe in Burma (Myanmar)

Posted by admin on May 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0069S, 93.3524WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 134 km SSE of Sittwe, Burma (Myanmar) (83 miles) on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 93.3524° East, latitude 19.0069° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 19:15:21 / 7:15 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/25 / 2025-05-18 19:15:21 / May 18, 2025 @ 7:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000q025. Event ids that are associated: us7000q025.

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 struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 134 km SSE of Sittwe, Burma (Myanmar).

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 93.3524° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0069° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 134 km SSE of Sittwe, 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 2025-05-18 19:15:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-18 19:31:48 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 400 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 108 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.635 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000q025 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q025 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q025, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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