A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 117 km E of Gigmoto, Philippines (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000cpux. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpux. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 10:31:50 / January 13, 2018 @ 10:31 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 125.4753° East, 13.8292° North, depth 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:31:50 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter).
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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 117 km E of Gigmoto, Philippines.
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