A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Pyu in Burma. Exact location of event, longitude 96.1194 East, latitude 18.5421 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 20:08:41 / January 11, 2018 @ 8:08 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cihi. Unique identifier: us2000cihi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:38:41 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Letpandan, Nyaunglebin, Myanaung (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km W of Pyu, Burma.
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