A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003c8v. Id of event: us70003c8v. Exact location of event, depth 33.44 km, 95.1808° East, 23.5958° North. Global time and date of event 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 23:37:58 / April 25, 2019 @ 11:37 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 33.44 km (21 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:07:58 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mawlaik. Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km E of Mawlaik, Burma.
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