A 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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