A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Mandalay in Burma (Myanmar). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 96.0453° East, 22.0475° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:12:21 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q565. Id of event: us6000q565. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/03/25 / 2025-03-31 12:12:21 / March 31, 2025 @ 12:12 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shwebo, Kyaukse, Pyin Oo Lwin (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 9 km (6 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 8 km NNW of Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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