A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Caburan in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 121.21 km (75 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008h0l. Id of event: us10008h0l. The temblor was detected at 03:02:06 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 126.1199° East, 5.6504° North, depth 121.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/17 / 2017-04-12 19:02:06 / April 12, 2017 @ 7:02 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Suyan, Pangyan, Talagutong. The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Suyan (c. 7 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 60 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines.
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