A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 14:11:13 / December 12, 2017 @ 2:11 pm. Exact location of event, depth 535.15 km, 123.9416° East, 5.7124° North. Unique identifier: us1000bt50. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bt50. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:11:13 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 535.15 km (333 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kiamba, Maitum (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop).
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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 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: 61 km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines.
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