Just 17 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Tatkon, Hkamti District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar (Burma). The tremor was recorded early morning on Monday, January 12th, 2026, at 2:15 am local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 42. km below the surface.The event was filed by Thailand's Earthquake Observation Division (TMD), the first seismological agency to report it.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 Tatkon (pop. 41,700) located 23 km from the epicenter, and Homalin (pop. 1,500) 26 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Minsin (pop. 1,800) located 76 km from the epicenter, Ukhrul (pop. 27,200) 85 km away, and Kyauktan (pop. 42,800) 99 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jan 12, 2026 02:45 am (Yangon time) local time (11 Jan 2026 20:15 GMT)Magnitude: 4.5Depth: 42.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 24.87°N / 95.16°E (Hkamti, Sagaing Region, Myanmar (Burma))Primary data source: TMD