A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines on Monday. Global time and date of event 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 22:00:55 / August 30, 2015 @ 10:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 126.4158° East, 5.5651° North, depth 120.05 km. The temblor was detected at 06:00:55 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000367d. Unique identifier: us1000367d. The epicenter was at a depth of 120.05 km (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan.
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 91 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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