A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Burma kilometers (0 miles) from Burma. Unique identifier: us7000pnb6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnb6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 06:45:45 / March 28, 2025 @ 6:45 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 96.2925 East, latitude 19.3005 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:45:45 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pyu (c. 40 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pyu, Nay Pyi Taw, Pyinmana.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two 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.
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