REVISED MAG-- 6.6 in Myanmar

7.0 27km E of Shwebo, Myanmar 2012-11-10 20:12:46 22.530°N 95.964°E 33.7

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Revised down:

6.6 56km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar 2012-11-10 20:12:38 23.029°N 95.927°E 9.9

I really, really hope this isn't centered in any major population centers. I'm unaware if Myanmar has ever had any big quakes like this before

Edit: I'm trying to find news articles or tweets, something from over there to give this main post more substance. Just wanted the mods to know that.

reply to post by Nyiah
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your link says it was a 6.6...looking at all of the activity today, all i can say is mother earth is mad

wow only 6.2 miles deep, that was a shallow quake hopefully it occurred in a remote area with not alot of people

Originally posted by k21968
reply to post by Nyiah
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your link says it was a 6.6...looking at all of the activity today, all i can say is mother earth is mad

Maybe Mother Earth is Mad,,, But I think she's Mad in that region of the World A-Lot!

Myanmar has had: 1 earthquake today 1 earthquake in the past 7 days 5 earthquakes in the past month 52 earthquakes in the past year

earthquaketrack.com...

Hopefully no one was hurt, the Power of 6.6 has to be Devastating.

reply to post by k21968


You're correct, it has been revised down to a 6.6 now

6.6 56km NNE of Shwebo, Myanmar 2012-11-10 20:12:38 23.029°N 95.927°E 9.9

I'm not finding much yet. Just retweets of the USGS info like I posted. I know Myanmar is very poor & the infrastructure isn't great. I hope this didn't cause much damage, i.e I hope it was merely remote.

reply to post by Nyiah

I really, really hope this isn't centered in any major population centers. I'm unaware if Myanmar has ever had any big quakes like this before

Yes it was and yes it has.

Look at my post inn Quake Watch for details.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

There are articles, but not much detail.

This one says there is no reported damage as of now:
www.reuters.com...

reply to post by Nyiah


Try this one

earthquake-report.com...

reply to post by BlueAjah


88,000 people 12 miles from a 10km deep Mag 6.6 will probably mean casualties unfortunately. I don't think they are too earthquake proofed.

a couple of tweets



from here; twitter.com...

Magnitude mb 5.1
Region MYANMAR
Date time 2012-11-11 01:30:06.0 UTC
Location 22.87 N ; 96.03 E
Depth 60 km
Distances 99 km NW Mandalay (pop 1,208,099 ; local time 08:00:06.6 2012-11-11)
48 km NE Shwebo (pop 88,914 ; local time 08:00:06.6 2012-11-11)

5.1 aftershock

Thank you for the links, PuterMan. So they do see shaking on a strong level, it's not new to them. Judging from the population lists in the QW thread you posted, that would mean this struck in a pretty densely populated area, correct? Thank god they're more open to the rest of the world recently, they're probably going to need the international help

Thoughts and prayers to everyone in the area

RSOE has several icons in that region, so either there's been more than one major quake, or the computer is just registering the same one more than once.

reply to post by Nyiah


I think the main problem area will be the first one on the list I posted in QW. Just because this is a PAGER yellow alert however does not mean that there WILL be casualties.

Keep your fingers crossed!


read your u2u

Originally posted by riddle6
Thoughts and prayers to everyone in the area

RSOE has several icons in that region, so either there's been more than one major quake, or the computer is just registering the same one more than once.

There has been a 5.1 aftershock and now a 5.0 aftershock as well. ROSE will be showing the initial output from the PTWC which was the Mag 7 which has been deleted as they usually are when the US network version is posted. They will also be showing the US network version I expect.

Unfortunately RSOE does not recognise this fact often. And contender for this is Global Incident Room who also fail to remove deleted quakes.

Originally posted by PuterMan

Magnitude mb 5.1
Region MYANMAR
Date time 2012-11-11 01:30:06.0 UTC
Location 22.87 N ; 96.03 E
Depth 60 km
Distances 99 km NW Mandalay (pop 1,208,099 ; local time 08:00:06.6 2012-11-11)
48 km NE Shwebo (pop 88,914 ; local time 08:00:06.6 2012-11-11)

5.1 aftershock

a 5.1 aftershock....20 minutes after!?

thats a second earthquake...

there was also a 7.6 in costa rica

reply to post by thePharaoh

a 5.1 aftershock....20 minutes after!?

thats a second earthquake...

Yes it is but it is also an aftershock. There could be aftershocks for days or even weeks, and yes they are aftershocks not 'new' earthquakes. For it to be a new earthquake it would need to be outside the area of the earthquake in the area to which the stress is transferred.

reply to post by thePharaoh


7.6 in Costa Rica?

2012-10-24 00:45:34, 10.085, -85.298, 6.5, 17.0, Costa Rica [Map]

or were you meaning the 7.4 in Guatemala

2012-11-07 16:35:50, 14.082, -91.916, 7.4, 41.6, Offshore Guatemala [Map]

Re-revised to 6.8, it seems.

earthquake.usgs.gov...