A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Kalbay in Philippines on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 125.6977° East, latitude 5.6933° North, depth = 143.49 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 143.49 km (89 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/06/17 / 2017-06-29 10:33:30 / June 29, 2017 @ 10:33 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000958m. Unique identifier: us1000958m. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:33:30 / 6:33 pm (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 Santa Maria, Basiawan, Sulit (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
How would you describe the shaking?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km E of Kalbay, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply