A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/17 / 2017-07-01 07:01:14 / July 1, 2017 @ 7:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:31:14 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100095q4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100095q4. Exact location of event, depth 90.76 km, 94.7018° East, 23.8444° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90.76 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop). Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik (min 5000 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 37 km NE of Mawlaik, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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