A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Monywa in Burma on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.35 km (62 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:33:19 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 13:03:19 / June 22, 2016 @ 1:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 99.35 km, 94.7091° East, 22.7311° North. Event id: us200065yc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065yc.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monywa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 80 km NNW of Monywa, Burma.
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