A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Hakha in Burma on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.04 km (53 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000k966. Event ids that are associated: us2000k966. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/03/19 / 2019-03-25 04:56:41 / March 25, 2019 @ 4:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 86.04 km, 94.167° East, 22.1287° North. The temblor was detected at 11:26:41 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hakha. Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km SE of Hakha, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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