A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 13:00:44 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008vvc. Id of event: us10008vvc. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.08 km (33 miles). 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: 28/05/17 / 2017-05-28 05:00:44 / May 28, 2017 @ 5:00 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4683 East, latitude 6.0028 North, depth = 53.08 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from La Union (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Talagutong, Caburan, La Union (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 51 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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