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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Mawlaik in Burma


Earthquake location 23.1621S, 94.2419WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Mawlaik in Burma. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.2419 East, latitude 23.1621 North, depth = 75.35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 75.35 km (47 miles). Event id: us70005ur2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005ur2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/19 / 2019-10-16 18:45:42 / October 16, 2019 @ 6:45 pm. The temblor was reported at 01:15:42 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hakha, Falam, Mawlaik. Nearby 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 55 km SSW of Mawlaik, Burma.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.2419° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.1621° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km SSW of Mawlaik, Burma Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-10-16 18:45:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-16 19:22:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 390 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.786 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70005ur2 Id of event.
Event Code 70005ur2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005ur2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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