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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Pyu in Burma


Earthquake location 18.2722S, 96.0712WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pyu in Burma on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 13:21:30 / June 17, 2018 @ 1:21 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:51:30 / 7:51 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was 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 earthquake, longitude 96.0712 East, latitude 18.2722 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000etva. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000etva.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Hinthada (c. 134 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 75 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), 64 km (40 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hinthada, Taungoo, Myanaung (min 5000 pop).

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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km WSW of Pyu, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.0712° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.2722° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km 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 2018-06-17 13:21:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-17 13:41:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 385 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 2.644 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000etva Id of event.
Event Code 1000etva An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000etva, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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