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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Monywa in Myanmar

Posted by admin on December 8, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 22.1912S, 94.38WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Monywa in Myanmar. Exact location of earthquake, 94.38° East, 22.1912° North, depth 91.03 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:14:35 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 91.03 km (57 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/20 / 2020-12-08 05:14:35 / December 8, 2020 @ 5:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000cp2v. Event ids that are associated: us7000cp2v.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hakha, Monywa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 78 km W of Monywa, Myanmar.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.38° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.1912° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 91.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 km W of Monywa, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-08 05:14:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-08 05:30:36 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 400 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 0.85 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us7000cp2v Id of event.
Event Code 7000cp2v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cp2v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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