A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Maslog in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100096cl. Event ids that are associated: us100096cl. The temblor was detected at 17:17:24 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/17 / 2017-07-03 09:17:24 / July 3, 2017 @ 9:17 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 125.2279° East, 11.956° North, depth 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jaro, Capoocan, Tanauan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Carigara (c. 17 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SSE of Maslog, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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