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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Nay Pyi Taw in Burma

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw in Burma. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:40:23 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60007pe6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007pe6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/20 / 2020-02-04 14:10:23 / February 4, 2020 @ 2:10 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 95.911° East, 19.7919° North, depth 10 km.

Epicenter of the event was 23 km (15 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Thayetmyo, Myaydo, Yamethin (min 5000 pop).

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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km WNW of Nay Pyi Taw, Burma. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.911° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.7919° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km WNW of Nay Pyi Taw, Burma	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-04 14:10:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-02-04 16:08:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	390	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	312	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	1.433	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.54 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	147	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	us60007pe6	Id of event.
Event Code	60007pe6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60007pe6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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