A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:15:00 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111.66 km (69 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bve1. Id of event: us1000bve1. Exact location of event, depth 111.66 km, 94.687° East, 23.4444° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/12/17 / 2017-12-23 15:45:00 / December 23, 2017 @ 3:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 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 or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mawlaik.
Every 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 34 km SE of Mawlaik, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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