A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Pyu in Burma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j9kz. Id of event: us2000j9kz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 03:52:40 / January 28, 2019 @ 3:52 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.83 km (20 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:22:40 / 10:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 96.0937 East, latitude 18.2723 North, depth = 32.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taungoo, Myanaung, Tharyarwady (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Nyaunglebin (c. 89 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tharyarwady (c. 54 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Letpandan (c. 38 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 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 one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km WSW of Pyu, Burma.
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