A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Mawlaik in Myanmar on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.197 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.1601 East, latitude 23.6321 North, depth = 50.197 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 01:42:43 / July 29, 2024 @ 1:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:42:43 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nk4x. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nk4x.
The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 24 km W of Mawlaik, Myanmar.
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