A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 06:43:57 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 22:43:57 / June 27, 2016 @ 10:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 126.3851° East, latitude 9.7389° North, depth = 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us200067cq. Unique identifier: us200067cq. 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 35 km (22 miles).
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Surigao, Luna, Mainit (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km ESE of General Luna, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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