A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Buenavista in Philippines on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 116.43 km, 126.1181° East, 9.1559° North. The temblor was picked up at 20:54:42 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007f5z. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007f5z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.43 km (72 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/11/16 / 2016-11-28 12:54:42 / November 28, 2016 @ 12:54 pm.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Surigao, Luna, Nasipit (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km NW of Buenavista, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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