A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma (Myanmar). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.92 km (45 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:18:39 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.2427 East, latitude 23.3676 North, depth = 72.92 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qwq9. Unique identifier: us7000qwq9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/25 / 2025-08-22 05:18:39 / August 22, 2025 @ 5:18 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Falam, Mawlaik.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SSW of Mawlaik, Burma (Myanmar). This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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