Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Mawlaik in Burma

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 18:49:53 / January 3, 2017 @ 6:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 93.19 km, 94.5005° East, 23.2989° North. Event id: us10007phv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007phv. The temblor was picked up at 01:19:53 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.19 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 39 km (25 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Falam, Mawlaik (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km SSE of Mawlaik, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	94.5005° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	23.2989° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	93.19 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38km SSE 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	2017-01-03 18:49:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-01-03 19:11:18	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	390	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	403	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	0.944	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.99 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	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	us10007phv	Id of event.
Event Code	10007phv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007phv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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