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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 28 km NNW of Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)


Earthquake location 22.1993S, 95.9393WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Mandalay in Burma (Myanmar). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnsb. Unique identifier: us7000pnsb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 95.9393° East, 22.1993° North. The temblor was detected at 07:08:01 / 7:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 07:08:01 / March 30, 2025 @ 7:08 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Myingyan, Mogok, Monywa. Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NNW of Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.9393° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.1993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km NNW of Mandalay, 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 07:08:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-30 07:23:44 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.578 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us7000pnsb Id of event.
Event Code 7000pnsb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pnsb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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