A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Hernani in Philippines on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 126.0283 East, latitude 11.6944 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:31:05 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pkfc. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkfc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 19:31:05 / January 4, 2025 @ 7:31 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Oras (c. 9 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Llorente (c. 7 900 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Can-Avid (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arteche, Giporlos, Oras. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 60 km NE of Hernani, Philippines.
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