A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Pyu in Burma. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:12:59 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000cifw. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cifw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 18:42:59 / January 11, 2018 @ 6:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.1983 East, latitude 18.4439 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tharyarwady, Myanaung, Letpandan.
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 occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 25 km W of Pyu, Burma.
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