A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Bulo in Philippines on Monday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:29:07 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 123.5617° East, 12.4433° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 03:29:07 / September 16, 2024 @ 3:29 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ne6b. Unique identifier: us7000ne6b. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malilipot, San Pascual, Buluang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Legaspi (c. 179 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Polangui (c. 77 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Libon (c. 68 800 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Malilipot (c. 33 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop).
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 four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 3 km N of Bulo, Philippines.
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