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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 6 km NNE of Falam, Myanmar


Earthquake location 22.9652S, 93.7083WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Falam in Myanmar. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000bqcm. Unique identifier: us7000bqcm. Exact location of event, depth 56.69 km, 93.7083° East, 22.9652° North. Global time and date of event 20/09/20 / 2020-09-20 01:59:05 / September 20, 2020 @ 1:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.69 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:59:05 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Lunglei (c. 52 700 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Saiha (c. 22 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Serchhīp (c. 20 200 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik, Lunglei, Serchhīp (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km NNE of Falam, Myanmar. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 93.7083° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.9652° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NNE of Falam, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-20 01:59:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-20 02:16:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 385 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 0.336 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 us7000bqcm Id of event.
Event Code 7000bqcm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bqcm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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