A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 84 km WSW of Sabtang, Philippines (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:20:20 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 18/03/18 / 2018-03-18 03:20:20 / March 18, 2018 @ 3:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 121.1066 East, latitude 20.0906 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d83b. Unique identifier: us1000d83b.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 84 km WSW of Sabtang, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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