A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/20 / 2020-05-02 10:50:36 / May 2, 2020 @ 10:50 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70009brd. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009brd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 100.49 km (62 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:50:36 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.3917° East, latitude 5.7073° North, depth = 100.49 km.
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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 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: 76 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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