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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Pyu in Burma


Earthquake location 18.3213S, 96.1436WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Pyu in Burma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.85 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 30.85 km, 96.1436° East, 18.3213° North. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:26 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/04/18 / 2018-04-20 22:29:26 / April 20, 2018 @ 10:29 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dpmh. Id of event: us1000dpmh.

Epicenter of the event was 104 km (65 miles) from Hinthada (c. 134 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hinthada, Myanaung, Tharyarwady. Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 35 km WSW of Pyu, Burma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.1436° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3213° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km WSW of Pyu, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-20 22:29:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-20 22:46:55 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 400 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 1.986 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us1000dpmh Id of event.
Event Code 1000dpmh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dpmh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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