A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.35 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hicf. Unique identifier: us2000hicf. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 16:04:27 / September 16, 2018 @ 4:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 132.35 km, 126.3024° East, 5.7873° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:04:27 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tibanbang, Talagutong, Caburan (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 64 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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