A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Mogok in Burma. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:34:18 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 95.9931° East, 23.6437° North, depth 10 km. 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: 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 07:04:18 / December 25, 2019 @ 7:04 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006quh. Id of event: us70006quh.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mogok. Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop). 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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 95 km NNW of Mogok, Burma.
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