Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Twante in Burma

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Twante in Burma. The temblor was detected at 14:25:36 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred 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 of event, longitude 95.8211 East, latitude 16.7503 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dnc3. Id of event: us1000dnc3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 07:55:36 / April 18, 2018 @ 7:55 am.

Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Yangon (c. 4 477 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Syriam (c. 69 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bogale (c. 68 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Pyapon (c. 65 600 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Kanbe (c. 58 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Thongwa (c. 52 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kayan, Thongwa, Thanatpin.

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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 12 km WNW of Twante, Burma.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.8211° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.7503° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km WNW of Twante, Burma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-18 07:55:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-18 21:08:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	390	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	27	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	282	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	3.427	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115	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	us1000dnc3	Id of event.
Event Code	1000dnc3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000dnc3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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