A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Kimanuit in Philippines on Saturday. Unique identifier: us7000ngef. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngef. 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 9.032 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 08:10:30 / August 31, 2024 @ 8:10 am. Exact location of event, depth 9.032 km, 124.6273° East, 7.7758° North. The temblor was detected at 08:10:30 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ozamiz City, Maranding, Calabugao (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cagayan de Oro (c. 445 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Iligan City (c. 312 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mantampay (c. 265 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Marawi City (c. 143 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 10 km W of Kimanuit, Philippines.
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