A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw in Burma (Myanmar). The temblor was picked up at 00:08:28 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 00:08:28 / March 30, 2025 @ 12:08 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q4xp. Unique identifier: us6000q4xp. Exact location of earthquake, 95.994° East, 19.7498° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 14 km (9 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw (c. 925 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Pyinmana (c. 97 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Taungdwingyi (c. 70 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Myaydo (c. 57 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Myaydo, Yamethin, Taungdwingyi.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km W of Nay Pyi Taw, Burma (Myanmar).
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