A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Pyinmana in Burma on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.52 km (31 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:59:18 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000h6xu. Event ids that are associated: us1000h6xu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/18 / 2018-10-04 13:29:18 / October 4, 2018 @ 1:29 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 96.4059° East, 19.4562° North, depth 50.52 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loikaw, Taungoo, Nay Pyi Taw (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Loikaw (c. 17 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 36 km SSE of Pyinmana, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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