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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Myitkyina in Myanmar

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Earthquake location 25.5222S, 96.6471WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Myitkyina in Myanmar. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 96.6471° East, 25.5222° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 20:45:38 / April 28, 2024 @ 8:45 pm. 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000muqt. Unique identifier: us6000muqt. The temblor was reported at 20:45:38 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter).

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). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Myitkyina (c. 90 900 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 76 km WNW of Myitkyina, Myanmar. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.6471° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.5222° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76 km WNW 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 2024-04-28 20:45:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 16:48:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 326 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.428 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us6000muqt Id of event.
Event Code 6000muqt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muqt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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