A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Sulangan in Philippines on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 126.5715° East, 11.237° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 00:16:05 / June 17, 2018 @ 12:16 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000eyer. Unique identifier: us1000eyer. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:16:05 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guiuan.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km ENE of Sulangan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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