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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Mawlaik in Burma

Posted by admin on December 8, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 23.444S, 94.8225WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:16:20 / 2:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 94.8225° East, latitude 23.444° North, depth = 22.84 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.84 km (14 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 07:46:20 / December 8, 2016 @ 7:46 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007z3m. Id of event: us20007z3m.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik. Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km ESE of Mawlaik, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.8225° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.444° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km ESE of Mawlaik, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-08 07:46:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-08 08:03:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 340 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 0.916 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us20007z3m Id of event.
Event Code 20007z3m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007z3m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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