A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from San Isidro in Philippines on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 09:24:03 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.83 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 01:24:03 / December 30, 2017 @ 1:24 am. Exact location of event, depth 9.83 km, 126.1165° East, 10.1313° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bxz8. Id of event: us1000bxz8.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kitcharao, Alegria, Mainit (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kitcharao (c. 7 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 13 km NNE of San Isidro, Philippines.
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