A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Sulangan in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007f70. Id of event: us10007f70. Global time and date of event 06/12/16 / 2016-12-06 15:40:50 / December 6, 2016 @ 3:40 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 126.3975° East, 10.6756° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:40:50 / 11:40 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto, Guiuan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 68 km ESE of Sulangan, Philippines.
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