A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma. The temblor was picked up at 17:37:47 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000f08c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f08c. Global time and date of event 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 11:07:47 / June 24, 2018 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 121.13 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.856 East, latitude 23.7162 North, depth = 121.13 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mawlaik (min 5000 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km ENE of Mawlaik, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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