A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Pandan Niog in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/03/21 / 2021-03-10 08:49:39 / March 10, 2021 @ 8:49 am. Exact location, longitude 120.0801° East, latitude 6.2515° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:49:39 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000dhmm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000dhmm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (61 miles) from Parang (c. 9 700 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Lugus (c. 7 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugus, Parang.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 53 km W of Pandan Niog, Philippines.
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