Philippines Feel Strong Earthquake Near Sapad

Earthquake location 7.8051S, 123.8717W

A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Sapad in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 598.1 km (372 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 123.8717° East, 7.8051° North, depth 598.1 km. The temblor was reported at 15:55:29 / 3:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/11/18 / 2018-11-04 07:55:29 / November 4, 2018 @ 7:55 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000i6mv. Event ids that are associated: us2000i6mv.

Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maganoy, Agusan, Pikit. Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from Cagayan de Oro (c. 445 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Iligan City (c. 312 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mantampay (c. 265 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Pagadian (c. 186 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Marawi City (c. 143 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

Original Article:http://www.earthquakenewstoday.com/2018/11/04/strong-earthquake-6-mag-has-occurred-near-sapad-in-philippines/

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