A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Osias in Philippines. The temblor was reported at 05:20:17 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/17 / 2017-09-23 21:20:17 / September 23, 2017 @ 9:20 pm. Exact location, longitude 124.82° East, latitude 7.5438° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000atpq. Id of event: us2000atpq.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lutayan, Davao, Cabayangan. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Iligan City (c. 312 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Mantampay (c. 265 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Marawi City (c. 143 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km S of Osias, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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