A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Chauk in Burma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.31 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us100061vj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100061vj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.2046 East, latitude 20.8076 North, depth = 78.31 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 05:04:15 / July 2, 2016 @ 5:04 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:34:15 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Yenangyaung (c. 110 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Chauk (c. 90 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yenangyaung, Chauk (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km W of Chauk, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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