A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Prome in Burma. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:09:21 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.79 km (33 miles). Event id: us1000jmhe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jmhe. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/03/19 / 2019-03-27 16:39:21 / March 27, 2019 @ 4:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.3804 East, latitude 18.9383 North, depth = 52.79 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (56 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pyay.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 89 km W of Prome, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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