A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Philippine Islands region kilometers (0 miles) from Philippine Islands region. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008n40. Id of event: us10008n40. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/04/17 / 2017-04-19 14:18:49 / April 19, 2017 @ 2:18 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:18:49 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.0564 East, latitude 10.2313 North, depth = 111 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111 km (69 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop). 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 Bacuag, Luna, Claver.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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