A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Bulatukan in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us700061gg. Event ids that are associated: us700061gg. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/10/19 / 2019-10-31 05:34:23 / October 31, 2019 @ 5:34 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 125.1146° East, latitude 6.8498° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:34:23 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quezon, Cuambog, Salawagan (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 7 km SW of Bulatukan, Philippines.
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