A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Hinatuan in Philippines on Sunday. Unique identifier: us2000i6il. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i6il. Exact location of event, longitude 126.8737 East, latitude 8.5472 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:21:59 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 21:21:59 / November 3, 2018 @ 9:21 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cateel, Tandag, Tago (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Lianga (c. 13 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km ENE of Hinatuan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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