Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Sagaing in Burma

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Sagaing in Burma. The temblor was picked up at 02:59:36 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.87 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 04/11/17 / 2017-11-04 20:29:36 / November 4, 2017 @ 8:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 95.5762° East, 21.8416° North, depth 34.87 km. Event id: us2000bikw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bikw.

The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pyin Oo Lwin, Shwebo, Pakokku (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km W of Sagaing, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.5762° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	21.8416° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41km W of Sagaing, Burma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-11-04 20:29:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-29 06:24:35	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	284	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	0.527	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	135	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	us2000bikw	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bikw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000bikw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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