A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes Leyte, Philippines kilometers (0 miles) from Leyte, Philippines on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 18:51:01 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000apis. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000apis. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.7939 East, latitude 10.6988 North, depth = 48.24 km. Global time and date of event 09/07/20 / 2020-07-09 18:51:01 / July 9, 2020 @ 6:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.24 km (30 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Abuyog (c. 15 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Dulag (c. 10 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Llorente (c. 7 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Balangiga (c. 5 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dulag, Abuyog, Llorente.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four 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 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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