A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines on Friday. Exact location, longitude 126.5329° East, latitude 6.108° North, depth = 98.16 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:02:14 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98.16 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/16 / 2016-08-05 00:02:14 / August 5, 2016 @ 12:02 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006a7a. Unique identifier: us10006a7a.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from La Union (c. 5 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Batobato, La Union, Sigaboy (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 48 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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