A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cl2w. Unique identifier: us2000cl2w. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:26:29 / 2:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/18 / 2018-01-19 06:26:29 / January 19, 2018 @ 6:26 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 127.2919° East, 7.8886° North, depth 55.95 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.95 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lingig, Cateel, Taytayan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
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 seventeen 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 earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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