A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:02:09 / 10:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.8916 East, latitude 8.1864 North, depth = 43.098 km. Unique identifier: us6000n0hu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0hu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.098 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 10:02:09 / May 17, 2024 @ 10:02 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barobo, Trento, Salvacion. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tagbina (c. 10 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Barobo (c. 9 900 pop). Nearby 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 seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 50 km E of Barcelona, Philippines.
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