A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Mandalay in Burma (Myanmar). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/04/25 / 2025-04-17 06:32:34 / April 17, 2025 @ 6:32 am. The temblor was detected at 06:32:34 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6pf. Unique identifier: us6000q6pf. Exact location, longitude 96.1062° East, latitude 22.1019° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shwebo, Kyaukse, Pyin Oo Lwin (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km N of Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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