A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Nyaungshwe in Burma (Myanmar). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qk3p. Unique identifier: us6000qk3p. Global time and date of event 30/05/25 / 2025-05-30 07:43:27 / May 30, 2025 @ 7:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:43:27 / 7:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 96.9288° East, latitude 20.7633° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yamethin, Taunggyi. Epicenter of the earthquake was 12 km (7 miles) from Taunggyi (c. 160 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 11 km N of Nyaungshwe, Burma (Myanmar).
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