A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from San Ignacio in Philippines on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.11 km (57 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:39:30 / 10:39 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000c1m2. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000c1m2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 02:39:30 / January 7, 2018 @ 2:39 am. Exact location of event, depth 91.11 km, 126.9951° East, 6.811° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mati, Manay, San Ignacio. Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 6 300 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km ESE of San Ignacio, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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