A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:43:55 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.5579° East, latitude 10.0133° North, depth = 42.29 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007thi. Id of event: us10007thi. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.29 km (26 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 10:43:55 / December 28, 2016 @ 10:43 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Socorro, Dapa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-four 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 50 km ENE of General Luna, Philippines.
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