A 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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