A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Nuing in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 17:45:19 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000dewt. Unique identifier: us7000dewt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/21 / 2021-02-25 17:45:19 / February 25, 2021 @ 5:45 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 125.3738° East, 5.6661° North, depth 62.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.2 km (39 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cebuano, Kiamba, Tupi (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Polomolok (c. 64 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Maluñgun (c. 52 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Alabel (c. 43 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Malita (c. 41 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Glan (c. 24 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km WNW of Nuing, Philippines.
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