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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Kyaiklat in Myanmar


Earthquake location 16.3654S, 95.7295WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Kyaiklat in Myanmar. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:18:25 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nw5y. Unique identifier: us7000nw5y. Exact location of earthquake, 95.7295° East, 16.3654° North, depth 15.476 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.476 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 11:18:25 / November 20, 2024 @ 11:18 am.

The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Yangon (c. 4 477 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Syriam (c. 69 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Bogale (c. 68 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Pyapon (c. 65 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kanbe (c. 58 100 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Kyaiklat (c. 52 400 pop). Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nyaungdon, Syriam, Yangon.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 8 km S of Kyaiklat, Myanmar.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.7295° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.3654° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.476 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km S of Kyaiklat, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-20 11:18:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-08 13:10:52 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 271 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.707 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us7000nw5y Id of event.
Event Code 7000nw5y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nw5y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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