A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Pyu in Burma on Friday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:23:05 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). 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, 96.1267° East, 18.4277° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000cpb5. Event ids that are associated: us2000cpb5. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 18:53:05 / January 11, 2018 @ 6:53 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tharyarwady, Myanaung, Nyaunglebin (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km W of Pyu, Burma.
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