A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Biri in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 124.5445° East, latitude 12.9766° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjwg. Unique identifier: us1000bjwg. The temblor was detected at 02:41:21 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/17 / 2017-11-24 18:41:21 / November 24, 2017 @ 6:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Irosin (c. 20 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bonga, Sagpon, Legaspi (min 5000 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km NNE of Biri, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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