Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes near Pyapon, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar (Burma)
5.4 quake 19 Jun 7:40 am (GMT +6)

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake near Pyapon, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar (Burma), was reported only 17 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Monday, June 19th, 2023, at 7:40 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.0. Other agencies reporting the same quake include Thailand's Earthquake Observation Division (TMD) at magnitude 6.0, India's National Center for Seismology (NCS) at magnitude 5.1, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.4.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Pyapon (pop. 65,600) located 120 km from the epicenter, and Kyaiklat (pop. 52,400) 133 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jun 19, 2023 7:40 am (GMT +6) local time (19 Jun 2023 01:40 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 5.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 15.28°N / 96.32°E (Myanmar (Burma))
Primary data source: USGS
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