A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw in Burma. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:32:31 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 96.1099° East, latitude 19.8167° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 13:02:31 / June 27, 2018 @ 1:02 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000f3az. Unique identifier: us1000f3az.
The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yamethin, Taungdwingyi, Pyinmana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NNW of Nay Pyi Taw, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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