A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Dauin in Philippines. Event id: us7000df6b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000df6b. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/21 / 2021-02-26 01:41:03 / February 26, 2021 @ 1:41 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:41:03 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 123.3897 East, latitude 9.1144 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moalboal, Loon, Argao (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 23 km (15 miles) from Dumaguete (c. 113 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Dipolog (c. 93 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tagbilaran City (c. 86 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bais (c. 65 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Dapitan (c. 50 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Oroquieta (c. 39 300 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 16 km ESE of Dauin, Philippines.
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