A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 94.55 km, 94.6485° East, 23.6285° North. The temblor was reported at 21:07:38 / 9:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94.55 km (59 miles). Global time and date of event 02/08/19 / 2019-08-02 14:37:38 / August 2, 2019 @ 2:37 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004zkl. Id of event: us60004zkl.
Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik (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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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