A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tamisan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 21:00:49 / July 6, 2016 @ 9:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 126.2767° East, 6.84° North, depth 64.72 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.72 km (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:00:49 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us100061fr. Ids that are associated to the event: us100061fr.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sirib, Malalag, Montevista (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop).
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 fourty 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 2 km W of Tamisan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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