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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Mawlaik in Myanmar


Earthquake location 23.6675S, 94.0488WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Mawlaik in Myanmar. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.573 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0au. Unique identifier: us7000p0au. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 13:13:08 / December 20, 2024 @ 1:13 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:13:08 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 94.0488° East, latitude 23.6675° North, depth = 69.573 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Churāchāndpur (c. 47 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Mawlaik (c. 44 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kakching (c. 30 400 pop), 92 km (57 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kakching, Falam, Churāchāndpur (min 5000 pop).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km W of Mawlaik, Myanmar. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 94.0488° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.6675° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.573 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km W of Mawlaik, Myanmar Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-20 13:13:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-09 09:04:11 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 298 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.578 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 136 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 us7000p0au Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0au An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0au, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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