A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.14 km (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 16:58:20 / March 15, 2018 @ 4:58 pm. Exact location of event, depth 107.14 km, 94.7301° East, 23.6393° North. The temblor was picked up at 23:28:20 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d4ub. Id of event: us1000d4ub.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mawlaik (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel it?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km E of Mawlaik, Burma.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply