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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 10 km SSW of Sagaing, Burma (Myanmar)


Earthquake location 21.784S, 95.9561WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Sagaing in Burma (Myanmar) on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 18:26:20 / March 28, 2025 @ 6:26 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 95.9561° East, 21.784° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 18:26:20 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000q4k2. Event ids that are associated: us6000q4k2.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monywa, Shwebo, Myingyan (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Myingyan (c. 141 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km SSW of Sagaing, Burma (Myanmar).

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 95.9561° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.784° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km SSW of Sagaing, Burma (Myanmar) Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-28 18:26:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-23 16:01:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.339 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000q4k2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000q4k2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q4k2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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