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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 31 km NNW of Mawlaik, Burma


Earthquake location 23.9028S, 94.3342WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma. The temblor was reported at 22:51:25 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/02/19 / 2019-02-06 16:21:25 / February 6, 2019 @ 4:21 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.3342 East, latitude 23.9028 North, depth = 33.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000je7s. Event ids that are associated: us2000je7s. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.82 km (21 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Churāchāndpur (c. 47 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Thoubāl (c. 44 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Mayāng Imphāl (c. 22 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Moirāng (c. 17 100 pop). Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yairipok, Mayāng Imphāl, Thoubāl.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 31 km NNW of Mawlaik, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.3342° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.9028° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km NNW of Mawlaik, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-06 16:21:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-07 23:36:37 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 298 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 0.326 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us2000je7s Id of event.
Event Code 2000je7s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000je7s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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