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USGS iscgemsup913377

16 Dec 1918, 03:03

292 km SW of Sittwe, Myanmar

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 292 km SW of Sittwe, Myanmar?

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18.197000, 91.021000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

M 6

276 km SE of Kon?rka, India

M 6.4

9 km WNW of L?lmohan, Bangladesh

M 5.5

18 km ESE of B?ndarban, Bangladesh

M 5.2

148 km SSW of Sittwe, Myanmar

M 5.1

224 km ESE of Parādīp Garh, India

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup913377
Coordinates
18.197, 91.021
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
567