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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Prome in Burma

Posted by admin on February 14, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.724S, 95.2511WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Prome in Burma on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:44:01 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 81.37 km, 95.2511° East, 18.724° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 81.37 km (51 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000d1w1. Event ids that are associated: us2000d1w1. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 07:14:01 / February 14, 2018 @ 7:14 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 12 km (7 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Myaydo, Thayetmyo, Myanaung. Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SSE of Prome, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.2511° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.724° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 81.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km SSE of Prome, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-14 07:14:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-14 07:32:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 340 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 2.637 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us2000d1w1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000d1w1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d1w1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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