A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Caburan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.49 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/06/16 / 2016-06-13 14:55:12 / June 13, 2016 @ 2:55 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20006434. Event ids that are associated: us20006434. Exact location of event, depth 104.49 km, 126.0491° East, 5.5166° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:55:12 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Talagutong (c. 8 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sarangani (c. 7 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Suyan (c. 7 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Baliton (c. 5 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Pangyan (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Suyan, Baliton, Talagutong (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 63 km SE of Caburan, Philippines.
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