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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Falam in Burma (Myanmar)


Earthquake location 22.8129S, 94.4682WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Falam in Burma (Myanmar). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 106.849 km, 94.4682° East, 22.8129° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/25 / 2025-12-01 18:55:16 / December 1, 2025 @ 6:55 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000rews. Event ids that are associated: us7000rews. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.849 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:55:16 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik, Hakha, Falam (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twenty 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 earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 81 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 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.4682° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.8129° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.849 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 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 2025-12-01 18:55:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-01 19:12:00 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 369 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 83 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.771 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 64 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 us7000rews Id of event.
Event Code 7000rews An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rews, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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