A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us10008r6n. Event ids that are associated: us10008r6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 16:58:51 / May 4, 2017 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 530.74 km (330 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:58:51 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 123.9625 East, latitude 5.7968 North, depth = 530.74 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bantogon (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalamansig, Bantogon, Kiamba.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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