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Strong earthquake: M6.4 quake has struck near Sagaing in Myanmar

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A earthquake with magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Sagaing in Myanmar. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000pn9z. Event ids that are associated: us7000pn9z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 06:32:04 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.9697° East, 21.7096° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 06:32:04 / March 28, 2025 @ 6:32 am.

Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Pakokku (c. 126 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pakokku, Shwebo, Monywa.

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km S of Sagaing, Myanmar.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.9697° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	21.7096° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km S 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 06:32:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-28 06:50:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	7.7	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	631	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	105	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.275	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 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	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pn9z	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pn9z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pn9z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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