A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Mogok in Burma on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 96.886° East, 23.5475° North, depth 40.5 km. The temblor was reported at 18:15:51 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/15 / 2015-08-15 11:45:51 / August 15, 2015 @ 11:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003fba. Event ids that are associated: us20003fba. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.5 km (25 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bhamo, Mogok (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bhamo (c. 47 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km NNE of Mogok, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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