A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Balangiga in Philippines. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 113.585 km (71 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 16:01:28 / May 28, 2024 @ 4:01 pm. Event id: us7000mnid. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mnid. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 113.585 km, 125.4297° East, 10.9801° North. The temblor was picked up at 16:01:28 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kananya, Capoocan, Ormoc. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ormoc (c. 191 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Panalanoy (c. 189 100 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Baybay (c. 17 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Palo (c. 17 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Carigara (c. 17 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tanauan (c. 16 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km SSE of Balangiga, Philippines.
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