A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Tamisan in Philippines. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:07:17 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 81.61 km (51 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us100043ci. Unique identifier: us100043ci. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 02:07:17 / December 2, 2015 @ 2:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.5069° East, latitude 6.5329° North, depth = 81.61 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manay, Lupon, San Ignacio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SSE of Tamisan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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