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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Sagaing in Burma (Myanmar)

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Sagaing in Burma (Myanmar) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.8365° East, 21.898° North. The temblor was detected at 06:42:24 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 06:42:24 / March 28, 2025 @ 6:42 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000pncv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pncv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pakokku, Shwebo, Monywa (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 14 km W of Sagaing, Burma (Myanmar).

Burma (Myanmar)Mandalay Monywa Myanmar Myingyan Pakokku Pyin Oo Lwin Sagaing Shwebo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.8365° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	21.898° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km W of Sagaing, 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 06:42:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-28 16:12:10	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	369	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	89	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.497	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	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	us7000pncv	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pncv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pncv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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