A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Mangili in Philippines on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 10:00:23 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.0225° East, latitude 5.9466° North, depth = 150.207 km. Unique identifier: us6000pmkt. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pmkt. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 10:00:23 / January 17, 2025 @ 10:00 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 150.207 km (93 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Malapatan (c. 19 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 16 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Katangawan, Glan, Santa Maria.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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