A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 153 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (95 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:42:03 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 127.3582 East, latitude 5.6395 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/04/17 / 2017-04-11 14:42:03 / April 11, 2017 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10008int. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008int.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 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: 153 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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