A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Luzon in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 59.01 km, 125.9423° East, 6.5022° North. The temblor was reported at 21:14:51 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.01 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rn4. Id of event: us10007rn4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 13:14:51 / January 6, 2017 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Silway 7, Maco, General Santos (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km W of Luzon, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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