A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 151 km ESE of Manay, Philippines (94 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 05:16:00 / January 7, 2018 @ 5:16 am. Exact location of earthquake, 127.8341° East, 6.7523° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 14:16:00 / 2:16 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cl9f. Id of event: us2000cl9f. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 151 km ESE of Manay, Philippines.
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