A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Calolbon in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:24:53 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/17 / 2017-01-11 06:24:53 / January 11, 2017 @ 6:24 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007sit. Unique identifier: us10007sit. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.05 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 124.1312° East, 13.4537° North, depth 67.05 km.
Event epicenter was 56 km (34 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Iriga City (c. 94 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Polangui (c. 77 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Libon (c. 68 800 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Tabaco (c. 57 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Jose (c. 35 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Matnog, Tinambac, Bula (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 16 km SSE of Calolbon, Philippines.
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