A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 121 km W of Bhamo, Burma (75 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.0382 East, latitude 24.2655 North, depth = 49.96 km. The temblor was detected at 06:24:35 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003mrj. Unique identifier: us10003mrj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/15 / 2015-10-10 23:54:35 / October 10, 2015 @ 11:54 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.96 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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