A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Shwebo in Myanmar. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:57:00 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pnbe. Unique identifier: us7000pnbe. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 07:57:00 / March 28, 2025 @ 7:57 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 95.8338° East, 22.5423° North, depth 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monywa, Pyin Oo Lwin, Mogok (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Mandalay (c. 1 208 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Monywa (c. 182 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pyin Oo Lwin (c. 117 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mogok (c. 90 800 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Shwebo (c. 88 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sagaing (c. 78 700 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 14 km ESE of Shwebo, Myanmar.
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