A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 126.2576 East, latitude 9.6048 North, depth = 105.27 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/04/16 / 2016-04-06 00:29:57 / April 6, 2016 @ 12:29 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:29:57 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 105.27 km (65 miles). Event id: us20005i95. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005i95.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Surigao, Luna, Mainit (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 22 km SSE of General Luna, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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