A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Palimbang in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/20 / 2020-09-16 22:56:00 / September 16, 2020 @ 10:56 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000bzlq. Unique identifier: us6000bzlq. The temblor was detected at 22:56:00 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.9059 East, latitude 5.7541 North, depth = 534.47 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 534.47 km (332 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bantogon, Kiamba, Maitum. Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bantogon (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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