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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Pyu in Burma


Earthquake location 18.2478S, 96.2123WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Pyu in Burma. Id of earthquake: us1000cg3x. Event ids that are associated: us1000cg3x. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:25:34 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/02/18 / 2018-02-05 16:55:34 / February 5, 2018 @ 4:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 96.2123 East, latitude 18.2478 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Myanaung, Taungoo, Tharyarwady.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 35 km SW of Pyu, Burma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.2123° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2478° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km SW of Pyu, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-05 16:55:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-05 17:27:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.601 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000cg3x Id of event.
Event Code 1000cg3x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000cg3x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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