A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from San Isidro in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 132.86 km, 126.225° East, 10.3338° North. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:16:35 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.86 km (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000hjkk. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hjkk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/18 / 2018-09-25 02:16:35 / September 25, 2018 @ 2:16 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Claver, Surigao, Guiuan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 38 km NNE of San Isidro, Philippines.
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