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Major earthquake, 7.7 mag has occurred near Sagaing in Myanmar

Posted by admin on March 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 22.0128S, 95.9216WA major earthquake with magnitude 7.7 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Sagaing in Myanmar on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). 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 06:20:54 / March 28, 2025 @ 6:20 am. Exact location of earthquake, 95.9216° East, 22.0128° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:20:54 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pn9s. Event ids that are associated: us7000pn9s.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (11 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 126 km (79 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 115 km (71 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Meiktila, Mogok, Pakokku (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. Each year there are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world. 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 has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km NNW of Sagaing, Myanmar. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.9216° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.0128° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km NNW of Sagaing, 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 06:20:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-28 06:38:50 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 912 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 83 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.488 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pn9s Id of event.
Event Code 7000pn9s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pn9s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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