A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Meiktila in Burma (Myanmar). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qxyb. Unique identifier: us6000qxyb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 03/08/25 / 2025-08-03 21:12:44 / August 3, 2025 @ 9:12 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:12:44 / 9:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 96.0494° East, 20.8345° North, depth 10 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kyaukse, Yamethin, Meiktila (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Meiktila (c. 177 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Yamethin (c. 59 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Kyaukse (c. 50 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 20 km ESE of Meiktila, Burma (Myanmar). This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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