A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Pakokku in Burma. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:37:53 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 04:07:53 / November 19, 2018 @ 4:07 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.13 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.3816 East, latitude 21.5107 North, depth = 76.13 km. Unique identifier: us1000htsq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000htsq.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monywa, Chauk, Pakokku. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Event epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chauk (c. 90 900 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 77 km WNW of Pakokku, Burma.
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