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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Falam in Burma (Myanmar)


Earthquake location 22.7737S, 94.534WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Falam in Burma (Myanmar) on Friday. 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 105.853 km (66 miles). Exact location of event, depth 105.853 km, 94.534° East, 22.7737° North. Event id: us6000qi7n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qi7n. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/25 / 2025-05-23 18:58:54 / May 23, 2025 @ 6:58 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:58:54 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Falam (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km E of Falam, Burma (Myanmar). This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.534° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.7737° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105.853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km E of Falam, 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 2025-05-23 18:58:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-10 21:51:39 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 259 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.6 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us6000qi7n Id of event.
Event Code 6000qi7n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qi7n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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