A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 85 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (53 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/05/16 / 2016-05-17 15:58:37 / May 17, 2016 @ 3:58 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.7629° East, 5.8625° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:58:37 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us10005jm8. Event ids that are associated: us10005jm8.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 85 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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