A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Dulangan in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 79.58 km, 120.9184° East, 13.3885° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 00:08:15 / May 12, 2018 @ 12:08 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e3cy. Id of event: us1000e3cy. The epicenter was at a depth of 79.58 km (49 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:08:15 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lilio, Bulihan, Nagcarlan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Calamba (c. 316 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Batangas (c. 237 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Lucena (c. 228 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Lipa City (c. 212 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Pablo (c. 207 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Silang (c. 119 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Los Baños (c. 95 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km SW of Dulangan, Philippines.
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