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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Meiktila in Burma (Myanmar)

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Meiktila in Burma (Myanmar). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/09/25 / 2025-09-22 23:19:15 / September 22, 2025 @ 11:19 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rc6v. Id of event: us6000rc6v. Exact location of earthquake, 95.6911° East, 21.1718° North, depth 124.532 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.532 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:19:15 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sagaing, Kyaukse, Pakokku. Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).

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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 36 km NNW of Meiktila, Burma (Myanmar).

Burma (Myanmar)Kyaukse Meiktila Myanmar Myingyan Pakokku Sagaing

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.6911° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	21.1718° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	124.532 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36 km NNW of Meiktila, 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	2025-09-22 23:19:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-23 01:22:10	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	271	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.822	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	138	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	us6000rc6v	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rc6v	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rc6v,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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