A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pyu in Burma. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dqcv. Unique identifier: us1000dqcv. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/18 / 2018-04-22 18:31:43 / April 22, 2018 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 01:01:43 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 96.0648° East, latitude 18.2886° North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hinthada, Taungoo, Nyaunglebin (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Hinthada (c. 134 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 44 km WSW of Pyu, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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