A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Sadanga in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100097wy. Id of event: us100097wy. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/17 / 2017-07-07 18:53:39 / July 7, 2017 @ 6:53 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 121.0653 East, latitude 17.1956 North, depth = 50.52 km. The temblor was detected at 02:53:39 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 50.52 km (31 miles).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tuguegarao City (c. 115 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santiago (c. 108 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Ilagan (c. 72 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Solana (c. 71 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bayombong (c. 48 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from La Trinidad (c. 41 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Trinidad, Cabugao, Dassun (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km ENE of Sadanga, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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