A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Balangbalang in Philippines on Sunday. Unique identifier: us20007cx5. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007cx5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.6839 East, latitude 9.1 North, depth = 68.73 km. Global time and date of event 09/10/16 / 2016-10-09 10:39:20 / October 9, 2016 @ 10:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:39:20 / 6:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 68.73 km (43 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Binuangan, Calabugao, Tagbina (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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