A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from San Ignacio in Philippines on Monday. Global time and date of event 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 07:42:41 / January 8, 2018 @ 7:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 46.08 km, 127.1264° East, 6.7739° North. Event id: us2000cmzd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cmzd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.08 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:42:41 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manay, San Ignacio. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km ESE of San Ignacio, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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