A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Tumbagaan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:20:49 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 120.4673° East, 5.6191° North, depth 14.49 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/06/16 / 2016-06-13 01:20:49 / June 13, 2016 @ 1:20 am. Id of earthquake: us200065hu. Event ids that are associated: us200065hu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.49 km (9 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Jolo (c. 101 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Siasi (c. 12 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Anuling (c. 10 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Parang (c. 9 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Languyan (c. 8 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from New Batu Batu (c. 8 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karungdong, Punay, New Batu Batu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 32 km NNE of Tumbagaan, Philippines.
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