A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 109 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (68 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/03/20 / 2020-03-04 11:59:30 / March 4, 2020 @ 11:59 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60008cjz. Ids that are associated to the event: us60008cjz. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:59:30 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.9925 East, latitude 5.7991 North, depth = 50.82 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.82 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 109 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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