A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Falam in Myanmar. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.249 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 94.4023° East, 22.719° North, depth 27.249 km. Global time and date of event 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 20:19:26 / July 21, 2024 @ 8:19 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n0q1. Unique identifier: us7000n0q1. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:19:26 / 8:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hakha, Falam (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 77 km ESE of Falam, Myanmar. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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