A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Pyu in Burma on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 96.1551 East, latitude 18.3809 North, depth = 29.98 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.98 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/04/18 / 2018-04-20 04:16:05 / April 20, 2018 @ 4:16 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000dp14. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dp14. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:46:05 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tharyarwady, Myanaung, Letpandan. Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 31 km WSW of Pyu, Burma.
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