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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Nay Pyi Taw in Burma (Myanmar)

Posted by admin on March 29, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.6154S, 96.0102WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw in Burma (Myanmar). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/25 / 2025-03-29 09:20:48 / March 29, 2025 @ 9:20 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 96.0102° East, 19.6154° North. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:20:48 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnkj. Unique identifier: us7000pnkj.

Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Taungoo (c. 106 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Thayetmyo (c. 98 200 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Thayetmyo, Yamethin, Myaydo. Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 19 km SW of Nay Pyi Taw, Burma (Myanmar).

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 96.0102° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.6154° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km SW of Nay Pyi Taw, 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 2025-03-29 09:20:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-29 09:37:40 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 400 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.004 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us7000pnkj Id of event.
Event Code 7000pnkj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pnkj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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