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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Falam in Myanmar


Earthquake location 22.9822S, 94.1802WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Falam in Myanmar. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 15:41:50 / October 5, 2024 @ 3:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.671 km (28 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 location, longitude 94.1802° East, latitude 22.9822° North, depth = 44.671 km. The temblor was reported at 15:41:50 / 3:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nmxe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmxe.

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hakha (c. 20 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Falam (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mawlaik, Hakha, Falam.

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km E of Falam, Myanmar. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.1802° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.9822° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.671 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km E of Falam, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-05 15:41:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-31 15:42:37 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 312 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.334 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us7000nmxe Id of event.
Event Code 7000nmxe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nmxe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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