A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Tarragona in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008h1n. Unique identifier: us70008h1n. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 169.68 km (105 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:36:51 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/20 / 2020-03-21 16:36:51 / March 21, 2020 @ 4:36 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 126.9127 East, latitude 6.6689 North, depth = 169.68 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Batobato, Sigaboy, La Union. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km SE of Tarragona, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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