A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Hakha in Myanmar on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.826 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/10/24 / 2024-10-03 23:13:47 / October 3, 2024 @ 11:13 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:13:47 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmp3. Unique identifier: us7000nmp3. Exact location of event, longitude 93.7876 East, latitude 22.2404 North, depth = 57.826 km.
The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Saiha (c. 22 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saiha, Falam, Hakha.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 48 km SSE of Hakha, Myanmar.
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