A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Alugan in Philippines on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 05:39:29 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 125.5311 East, latitude 12.3165 North, depth = 35 km. 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 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us200080k8. Unique identifier: us200080k8. Global time and date of event 13/12/16 / 2016-12-13 21:39:29 / December 13, 2016 @ 9:39 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Llorente, Catarman, Pagsanghan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 12 km NNE of Alugan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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