A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Mangili in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.29 km (62 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/18 / 2018-01-21 06:52:05 / January 21, 2018 @ 6:52 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000cdsa. Event ids that are associated: us1000cdsa. The temblor was reported at 14:52:05 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.2384 East, latitude 5.767 North, depth = 99.29 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Talagutong, Caburan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km ESE of Mangili, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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