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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Mawlaik in Myanmar


Earthquake location 23.6321S, 94.1601WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.1601° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.6321° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.197 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km W of Mawlaik, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-29 01:42:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-14 22:20:58 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 259 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.504 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us6000nk4x Id of event.
Event Code 6000nk4x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nk4x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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