A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us10008ryf. Event ids that are associated: us10008ryf. The epicenter was at a depth of 118.77 km (74 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 18:16:49 / May 9, 2017 @ 6:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.8652 East, latitude 6.2415 North, depth = 118.77 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:16:49 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tibanbang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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