A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 107 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.4695 East, latitude 5.4112 North, depth = 51.82 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:01:38 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008b1i. Id of event: us60008b1i. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.82 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/03/20 / 2020-03-01 11:01:38 / March 1, 2020 @ 11:01 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 107 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines.
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