A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Sabtang in Philippines on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.77 km (31 miles). Exact location, longitude 121.5461° East, latitude 19.8204° North, depth = 49.77 km. Unique identifier: us10006puq. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006puq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/16 / 2016-09-10 11:50:04 / September 10, 2016 @ 11:50 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 19:50:04 / 7:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).
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. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 66 km SSW of Sabtang, Philippines.
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