A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 169 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (105 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us200081l6. Unique identifier: us200081l6. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 21:17:09 / December 10, 2016 @ 9:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 127.5513 East, latitude 5.6838 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:17:09 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 169 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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