A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. Event id: us1000401e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000401e. Exact location of earthquake, 126.1841° East, 5.8591° North, depth 68.91 km. The temblor was detected at 10:49:21 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/15 / 2015-11-21 02:49:21 / November 21, 2015 @ 2:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.91 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Suyan (c. 7 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Union, Sarangani, Suyan.
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 fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 55 km S of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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