Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Yenangyaung in Myanmar

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Yenangyaung in Myanmar. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/03/25 / 2025-03-01 08:57:00 / March 1, 2025 @ 8:57 am. Id of earthquake: us6000pw91. Event ids that are associated: us6000pw91. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.0693 East, latitude 20.3696 North, depth = 118.785 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:57:00 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.785 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Yenangyaung (c. 110 600 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Magway (c. 97 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Chauk (c. 90 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Minbu (c. 57 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chauk, Taungdwingyi, Minbu (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km ESE of Yenangyaung, Myanmar. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.0693° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	20.3696° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118.785 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 km ESE of Yenangyaung, Myanmar	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-01 08:57:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-01 09:26:53	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.844	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	172	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	us6000pw91	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pw91	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pw91,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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