A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.7 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/09/18 / 2018-09-27 04:43:39 / September 27, 2018 @ 4:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 126.082° East, 10.4689° North, depth 62.7 km. The temblor was reported at 12:43:39 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h34i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h34i.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Surigao, Socorro, Dapa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (62 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km N of Santa Monica, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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