A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Lumazal in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 14:35:30 / April 24, 2018 @ 2:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 124.7976 East, latitude 5.4189 North, depth = 48.21 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:35:30 / 10:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dr9i. Id of event: us1000dr9i. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.21 km (30 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Silway 7, Buayan, Sebu (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Sebu (c. 21 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Buayan (c. 14 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lun Pequeño (c. 11 500 pop). 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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-two 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km S of Lumazal, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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