A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Del Carmen in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 19:09:48 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 11:09:48 / July 23, 2018 @ 11:09 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.99 km (27 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gf3d. Id of event: us2000gf3d. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.8645 East, latitude 9.9673 North, depth = 42.99 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tubay, Cantilan, Kitcharao. The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Tubay (c. 7 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km NW of Del Carmen, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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