Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Pakokku in Myanmar

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Pakokku in Myanmar on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/24 / 2024-09-24 10:37:50 / September 24, 2024 @ 10:37 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000nu1v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nu1v. Exact location of earthquake, 94.985° East, 21.1143° North, depth 127.9 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.9 km (79 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:37:50 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meiktila, Yenangyaung, Myingyan. Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yenangyaung (c. 110 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Chauk (c. 90 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).

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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km SSW of Pakokku, Myanmar.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	94.985° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	21.1143° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	127.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km SSW of Pakokku, Myanmar	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-24 10:37:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-24 13:24:50	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	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	101	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.568	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	63	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	us6000nu1v	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nu1v	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nu1v,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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