A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 98 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (61 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.83 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000ggrz. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ggrz. The temblor was reported at 00:00:05 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). 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: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 16:00:05 / July 29, 2018 @ 4:00 pm. Exact location, longitude 126.5291° East, latitude 5.5468° North, depth = 61.83 km.
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. 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 fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 98 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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