A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 109 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines (68 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/03/18 / 2018-03-23 10:41:35 / March 23, 2018 @ 10:41 am. Event id: us1000d7yl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d7yl. The temblor was picked up at 18:41:35 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.4825 East, latitude 5.4021 North, depth = 47.51 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.51 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 109 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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