A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Gadung in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000dz0a. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dz0a. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.868 East, latitude 6.9179 North, depth = 593.78 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 593.78 km (369 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:28:00 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 21:28:00 / May 5, 2018 @ 9:28 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tacurong (c. 54 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Parang (c. 44 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Midsayap (c. 32 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pagalungan, Tacurong, Pikit. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 21 km NW of Gadung, Philippines.
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