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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Bhamo in Burma


Earthquake location 24.2655S, 96.0382WA 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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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: 121 km W of Bhamo, Burma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.0382° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.2655° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121km W of Bhamo, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-10 23:54:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-11 00:27:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 312 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.012 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us10003mrj Id of event.
Event Code 10003mrj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003mrj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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