A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Mogok in Burma (Myanmar) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/03/25 / 2025-03-29 00:04:53 / March 29, 2025 @ 12:04 am. Exact location, longitude 96.2775° East, latitude 22.5845° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000q4ru. Event ids that are associated: us6000q4ru. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:04:53 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sagaing, Mandalay, Pyin Oo Lwin. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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