A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pyapon in Myanmar. Unique identifier: us6000pwjj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pwjj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.6218 East, latitude 16.322 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:33:02 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/25 / 2025-03-03 03:33:02 / March 3, 2025 @ 3:33 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Syriam, Nyaungdon, Yangon (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Yangon (c. 4 477 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Syriam (c. 69 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Bogale (c. 68 900 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Pyapon (c. 65 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kanbe (c. 58 100 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Kyaiklat (c. 52 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Maubin (c. 51 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 7 km WNW of Pyapon, Myanmar.
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