A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Salcedo in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:30:23 / 11:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/15 / 2015-11-30 03:30:23 / November 30, 2015 @ 3:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, 125.8448° East, 11.2222° North, depth 90.31 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 90.31 km (56 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000432i. Id of event: us1000432i.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Llorente (c. 7 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Basey (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Panalanoy, Tanauan, Basey (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 21 km ENE of Salcedo, Philippines.
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