A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 22:13:16 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 126.4201 East, latitude 10.2576 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000msfw. Unique identifier: us7000msfw. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 22:13:16 / June 9, 2024 @ 10:13 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Socorro, Dapa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 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 six and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 49 km ENE of Santa Monica, Philippines.
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