A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Sulangan in Philippines. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 19:47:24 / May 11, 2018 @ 7:47 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000e6kk. Event ids that are associated: us1000e6kk. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:47:24 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.3442 East, latitude 10.7424 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loreto, Guiuan (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 60 km ESE of Sulangan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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