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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Pyapon in Burma

Posted by admin on April 16, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.1485S, 95.6759WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pyapon in Burma. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 95.6759° East, 16.1485° North, depth 10 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:02:33 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/18 / 2018-04-16 13:32:33 / April 16, 2018 @ 1:32 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000e16w. Id of event: us2000e16w.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Bogale (c. 68 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Pyapon (c. 65 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kanbe (c. 58 100 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Kyaiklat (c. 52 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Maubin (c. 51 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wakema, Kanbe, Twante (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 14 km S of Pyapon, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.6759° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.1485° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km S of Pyapon, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-16 13:32:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-16 22:03:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 178 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 3.754 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 247 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000e16w Id of event.
Event Code 2000e16w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000e16w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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