A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Thayetmyo in Burma. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.76 km (37 miles). Exact location, longitude 94.9451° East, latitude 19.241° North, depth = 59.76 km. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:35:57 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006d5e. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006d5e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 11:05:57 / November 26, 2019 @ 11:05 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Magway (c. 97 000 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Minbu (c. 57 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Paungde (c. 37 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taungdwingyi, Minbu, Paungde (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 26 km WSW of Thayetmyo, Burma. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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