A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Thayetmyo in Burma. Exact location of event, longitude 94.8369 East, latitude 19.0767 North, depth = 62.42 km. Unique identifier: us20002qqc. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002qqc. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:17:29 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.42 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 07/06/15 / 2015-06-07 19:47:29 / June 7, 2015 @ 7:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Myaydo, Pyay, Thayetmyo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km SW of Thayetmyo, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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