A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Pyu in Burma on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 16:38:01 / February 7, 2018 @ 4:38 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:08:01 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cibt. Id of event: us1000cibt. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 96.1547° East, latitude 18.1649° North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taungoo, Myanaung, Paungde (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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