A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Isidro in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 13:00:16 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000arke. Id of event: us1000arke. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/10/17 / 2017-10-07 05:00:16 / October 7, 2017 @ 5:00 am. Exact location, longitude 126.4257° East, latitude 10.3285° North, depth = 10 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 Dapa. The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km NE of San Isidro, Philippines.
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