A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Tarragona in Philippines on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 10:29:07 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.7029° East, 6.9247° North, depth 96.58 km. Global time and date of event 21/02/16 / 2016-02-21 02:29:07 / February 21, 2016 @ 2:29 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.58 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004rgi. Id of event: us10004rgi.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taytayan, Kinablangan, Lupon (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km ESE of Tarragona, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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