A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Monywa in Burma. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000aul4. Unique identifier: us1000aul4. Exact location of event, depth 117.22 km, 94.6071° East, 22.6636° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/17 / 2017-10-13 01:32:43 / October 13, 2017 @ 1:32 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 117.22 km (73 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:02:43 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monywa. Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 81 km NW of Monywa, Burma.
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