A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Pyu in Burma. 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). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.0681 East, latitude 18.4943 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 01:14:00 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cig2. Id of event: us2000cig2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 18:44:00 / January 11, 2018 @ 6:44 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tharyarwady, Pyay, Nyaunglebin.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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