A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Sigaboy in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, 125.9113° East, 6.7003° North, depth 182.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10008dt8. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008dt8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 182.85 km (114 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/04/17 / 2017-04-01 13:34:02 / April 1, 2017 @ 1:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:34:02 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Panabo (c. 84 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manat, Caburan, Suyan (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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: 18 km WNW of Sigaboy, Philippines.
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