A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Benito in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 03:28:12 / July 24, 2015 @ 3:28 am. Exact location, longitude 125.9262° East, latitude 9.9663° North, depth = 81.84 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.84 km (51 miles). Id of earthquake: us100031up. Event ids that are associated: us100031up. The temblor was detected at 11:28:12 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cantilan, Kitcharao, Alegria (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 8 km W of San Benito, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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