Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 27 km E of Shwebo, Burma (Myanmar)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Shwebo in Burma (Myanmar). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:37:58 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 08:37:58 / March 30, 2025 @ 8:37 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.9674° East, 22.5586° North. Event id: us7000pnsw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pnsw.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pyin Oo Lwin, Sagaing, Mogok (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 27 km E of Shwebo, Burma (Myanmar). This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Burma (Myanmar)Mandalay Mogok Myanmar Pyin Oo Lwin Sagaing Shwebo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	95.9674° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	22.5586° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27 km E of Shwebo, 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	2025-03-30 08:37:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-30 09:27:21	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	284	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.714	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	162	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	us7000pnsw	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pnsw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pnsw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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