A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Twante in Burma. Exact location of event, longitude 95.866 East, latitude 16.603 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 08:19:46 / January 13, 2018 @ 8:19 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:49:46 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000cjl0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cjl0.
Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Thanatpin, Kayan, Wakema (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Yangon (c. 4 477 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Syriam (c. 69 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bogale (c. 68 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Pyapon (c. 65 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Kanbe (c. 58 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Thongwa (c. 52 500 pop).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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