A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from San Isidro in Philippines. Event id: us10004blk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004blk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/01/16 / 2016-01-05 20:31:22 / January 5, 2016 @ 8:31 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.1 km (33 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.2739 East, latitude 10.1342 North, depth = 53.1 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:31:22 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luna, Cantilan, Surigao. Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km ENE of San Isidro, Philippines.
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