A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pagsangahan in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 23:01:32 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 15:01:32 / February 6, 2018 @ 3:01 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.41 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us2000d39d. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d39d. Exact location, longitude 122.3788° East, latitude 13.0218° North, depth = 35.41 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Liboro, Lopez, Pinamalayan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Pinamalayan (c. 43 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Catanauan (c. 26 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Lopez (c. 25 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Aurora (c. 16 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Romblon (c. 15 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Pagsañgahan (c. 13 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Narciso (c. 11 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby.
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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: 27 km SW of Pagsangahan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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