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4.6MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

121 km WNW of Chauk, Burma (Myanmar)

USGS

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 121 km WNW of Chauk, Burma (Myanmar) on 04 Oct 2026, 05:55 UTC. The hypocentre was 58.3 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 1 other earthquake above our reporting threshold has been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.

Depth
58.3 km

shallow

Latitude
21.34°N

93.75°E longitude

Time
05:55 UTC

04 Oct 2026

Magnitude
M4.6

mb

EPICENTRE

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MAGNITUDE 4.6

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 250 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 120 tonnes of TNT.

58.3 KM DEEP

Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.

NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS

1 earthquake above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 4.9.

OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES

M4.6 earthquake — Chauk, Burma (Myanmar) · Quakewire