A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Harrison in Philippines on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119.08 km (74 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/17 / 2017-08-25 14:34:08 / August 25, 2017 @ 2:34 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000abpc. Id of event: us2000abpc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 120.1886° East, 13.4571° North, depth 119.08 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:34:08 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bolo, Taal, Calaca (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Nasugbu (c. 62 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Balayan (c. 50 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Taal (c. 39 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Calaca (c. 37 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mamburao (c. 23 900 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Calatagan (c. 16 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km W of Harrison, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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