A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Monywa in Burma. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 94.5877° East, 22.763° North, depth 104.09 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/16 / 2016-12-26 17:25:42 / December 26, 2016 @ 5:25 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:55:42 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 104.09 km (65 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007mx7. Id of event: us10007mx7.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monywa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop). Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 90 km NW of Monywa, Burma.
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