A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Lapuan in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g1yj. Id of event: us1000g1yj. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 05:16:30 / July 28, 2018 @ 5:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142.14 km (88 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.9625 East, latitude 6.1655 North, depth = 142.14 km. The temblor was reported at 13:16:30 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pangyan, Hagonoy, Guihing Proper (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 29 km E of Lapuan, Philippines.
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