A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Burgos in Philippines. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/17 / 2017-10-04 10:33:49 / October 4, 2017 @ 10:33 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000aqms. Id of event: us1000aqms. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.48 km (28 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:33:49 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.6453° East, latitude 9.3356° North, depth = 44.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Socorro, Dapa, Cantilan. Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km E of Burgos, Philippines.
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