A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Monywa in Myanmar. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.792 km (61 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.3332 East, latitude 21.9162 North, depth = 98.792 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/10/24 / 2024-10-03 01:09:15 / October 3, 2024 @ 1:09 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:09:15 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). 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: us6000nw74. Unique identifier: us6000nw74.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monywa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 85 km WSW of Monywa, Myanmar. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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