A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 190 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (118 miles) on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 21:59:44 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 13:59:44 / October 31, 2016 @ 1:59 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000745u. Unique identifier: us1000745u. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.55 km (41 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 127.1833 East, latitude 4.9685 North, depth = 65.55 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 190 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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