A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pyinmana in Burma (Myanmar) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 09:55:36 / March 28, 2025 @ 9:55 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:55:36 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pnfz. Id of event: us7000pnfz. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 96.1921° East, 19.7619° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taungoo, Yamethin, Taungdwingyi (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km NNW of Pyinmana, Burma (Myanmar). This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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