Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Myaydo in Myanmar

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Myaydo in Myanmar. Global time and date of event 23/12/24 / 2024-12-23 17:57:25 / December 23, 2024 @ 5:57 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:57:25 / 5:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 95.0905° East, latitude 19.5561° North, depth = 84.036 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pfbh. Event ids that are associated: us6000pfbh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 84.036 km (52 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pyay, Minbu, Taungdwingyi (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Pyay (c. 135 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Magway (c. 97 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Minbu (c. 57 300 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km NNW of Myaydo, Myanmar. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.0905° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	19.5561° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	84.036 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km NNW of Myaydo, Myanmar	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-23 17:57:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-23 19:06:07	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	369	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	51	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.649	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.65 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	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	us6000pfbh	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pfbh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pfbh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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