A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 11:40:36 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10002k9g. Event ids that are associated: us10002k9g. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/06/15 / 2015-06-09 03:40:36 / June 9, 2015 @ 3:40 am. Exact location, longitude 126.7963° East, latitude 7.7001° North, depth = 108.77 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.77 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nabunturan, San Mariano, Hinatuan. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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