A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 102 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (63 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004gwx. Id of event: us20004gwx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.9373 East, latitude 5.8333 North, depth = 129.65 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/15 / 2015-12-13 16:48:07 / December 13, 2015 @ 4:48 pm. The temblor was picked up at 00:48:07 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 129.65 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 102 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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