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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 51 km NE of Prome, Burma

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Prome in Burma. Event id: us1000hhxn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hhxn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 95.6267° East, latitude 19.0776° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 09:16:44 / October 27, 2018 @ 9:16 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:46:44 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pyinmana, Myanaung, Nay Pyi Taw. Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 51 km NE of Prome, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.6267° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.0776° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	51km NE of Prome, Burma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-27 09:16:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-27 09:40:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	390	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	369	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	2.14	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.59 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000hhxn	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hhxn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hhxn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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