A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Bayabas in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 18:11:33 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 111.9 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 111.9 km, 126.6161° East, 9.1771° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/15 / 2015-08-30 10:11:33 / August 30, 2015 @ 10:11 am. Unique identifier: us20003ish. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003ish. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barobo, Dapa, Socorro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 42 km ENE of Bayabas, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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