A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Monywa in Burma on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.46 km (62 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/03/19 / 2019-03-18 16:54:30 / March 18, 2019 @ 4:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 94.469° East, 21.9365° North, depth 100.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:24:30 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000ji13. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ji13.
The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pakokku, Monywa. Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km WSW of Monywa, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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