A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 120 km ENE of Cagwait, Philippines (75 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10002ztq. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002ztq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.33 km (26 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:59:15 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 02:59:15 / July 17, 2015 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.3223 East, latitude 9.3165 North, depth = 41.33 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 120 km ENE of Cagwait, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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