A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw in Burma (Myanmar). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pp91. Id of event: us7000pp91. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/04/25 / 2025-04-01 15:27:40 / April 1, 2025 @ 3:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 96.0863 East, latitude 20.0827 North, depth = 3.223 km. The temblor was detected at 15:27:40 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.223 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meiktila, Taungdwingyi, Pyinmana. Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km N of Nay Pyi Taw, Burma (Myanmar). This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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