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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Taungdwingyi in Burma (Myanmar)

Posted by admin on March 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.9711S, 95.8212WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Taungdwingyi in Burma (Myanmar) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pncy. Id of event: us7000pncy. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 06:39:15 / March 28, 2025 @ 6:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 95.8212 East, latitude 19.9711 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:39:15 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Magway (c. 97 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minbu, Meiktila, Thayetmyo (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km E of Taungdwingyi, Burma (Myanmar).

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.8212° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.9711° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km E of Taungdwingyi, Burma (Myanmar) Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-28 06:39:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-28 16:41:44 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 354 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.312 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us7000pncy Id of event.
Event Code 7000pncy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pncy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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