A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Sulangan in Philippines. Unique identifier: us70008jdc. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008jdc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:34:18 / 11:34 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/03/20 / 2020-03-26 15:34:18 / March 26, 2020 @ 3:34 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 126.249° East, 10.8446° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Giporlos, Loreto, Guiuan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Giporlos (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km ESE of Sulangan, Philippines.
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