A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Mabay in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 526.87 km, 124.09° East, 5.4994° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 526.87 km (327 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/16 / 2016-03-29 08:18:34 / March 29, 2016 @ 8:18 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:18:34 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20005d4d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005d4d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kiamba, Maitum (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 74 km SW of Mabay, Philippines.
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