A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.67 km (75 miles). 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: 04/03/18 / 2018-03-04 09:18:07 / March 4, 2018 @ 9:18 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d3w0. Unique identifier: us1000d3w0. The temblor was detected at 17:18:07 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 124.0045° East, latitude 5.6914° North, depth = 120.67 km.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kiamba, Maitum. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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