A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Shwebo in Burma (Myanmar). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 95.9842° East, latitude 22.7331° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:19:01 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pu8u. Id of event: us7000pu8u. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 05:19:01 / April 8, 2025 @ 5:19 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay, Mogok. Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 34 km ENE of Shwebo, Burma (Myanmar).
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