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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Monywa in Burma


Earthquake location 22.4973S, 94.8237WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Monywa in Burma on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.42 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/11/15 / 2015-11-27 08:33:59 / November 27, 2015 @ 8:33 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us100041nt. Unique identifier: us100041nt. Exact location of event, longitude 94.8237 East, latitude 22.4973 North, depth = 22.42 km. The temblor was detected at 15:03:59 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shwebo, Monywa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km NW of Monywa, Burma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.8237° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.4973° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km NW of Monywa, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-27 08:33:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-27 08:54:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 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 466 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 4.086 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 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 us100041nt Id of event.
Event Code 100041nt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100041nt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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