A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Pyu in Burma. Id of earthquake: us1000etvs. Event ids that are associated: us1000etvs. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.23 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.2231 East, latitude 18.4025 North, depth = 27.23 km. The temblor was reported at 20:12:38 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 13:42:38 / June 17, 2018 @ 1:42 pm.
The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Myanaung, Tharyarwady, Letpandan (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km WSW of Pyu, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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