A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 107 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (66 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 07:57:41 / July 31, 2015 @ 7:57 am. The temblor was picked up at 15:57:41 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002wtj. Id of event: us10002wtj. Exact location of event, depth 81.05 km, 127.0787° East, 6.0001° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.05 km (50 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 107 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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