A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Jabonga in Philippines on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/16 / 2016-09-26 22:47:35 / September 26, 2016 @ 10:47 pm. The temblor was detected at 06:47:35 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007c5l. Unique identifier: us20007c5l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.8 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 125.366 East, latitude 9.3338 North, depth = 113.8 km.
The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Mariano (c. 70 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Balingasag, Dapa, Lagonglong.
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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 16 km W of Jabonga, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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