A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 16:31:23 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.2 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 08:31:23 / December 17, 2016 @ 8:31 am. Exact location of event, longitude 126.371 East, latitude 5.5984 North, depth = 70.2 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ppv. Id of event: us10007ppv.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caburan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 87 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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