A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Shwebo in Myanmar on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 07:27:47 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnb8. Unique identifier: us7000pnb8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 95.8524° East, latitude 22.706° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 07:27:47 / March 28, 2025 @ 7:27 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pyin Oo Lwin, Sagaing, Mandalay (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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