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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Myitkyina in Myanmar


Earthquake location 25.4342S, 96.6814WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Myitkyina in Myanmar. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000d5su. Unique identifier: us6000d5su. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.51 km (29 miles). Global time and date of event 24/12/20 / 2020-12-24 15:13:55 / December 24, 2020 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:13:55 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 96.6814° East, latitude 25.4342° North, depth = 46.51 km.

Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Myitkyina (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Myitkyina (c. 90 900 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 72 km W of Myitkyina, Myanmar.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.6814° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.4342° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km W of Myitkyina, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-24 15:13:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-20 18:08:15 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 298 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 2.473 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us6000d5su Id of event.
Event Code 6000d5su An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d5su, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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