A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from San Isidro in Philippines on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 14:11:24 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.1672° East, 10.4883° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000bkc6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bkc6. Global time and date of event 30/10/17 / 2017-10-30 06:11:24 / October 30, 2017 @ 6:11 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dapa, Guiuan, Loreto. Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km N of San Isidro, Philippines.
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