A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Nangan in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 14:59:09 / June 13, 2018 @ 2:59 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000epz2. Event ids that are associated: us1000epz2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 143.42 km (89 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.2191° East, latitude 6.4995° North, depth = 143.42 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:59:09 / 10:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Samal (c. 43 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baracatan, Bato, Hagonoy.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km ENE of Nangan, Philippines.
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