A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Myanaung in Burma. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:52:55 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jpmv. Unique identifier: us2000jpmv. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/02/19 / 2019-02-17 08:22:55 / February 17, 2019 @ 8:22 am. Exact location, longitude 94.8807° East, latitude 18.3005° North, depth = 35 km.
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (43 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Myanaung (c. 42 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paungde, Pyay, Myanaung (min 5000 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 46 km W of Myanaung, Burma.
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