A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 101 km W of Davila, Philippines (63 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/15 / 2015-12-19 09:38:53 / December 19, 2015 @ 9:38 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048cp. Id of event: us100048cp. Exact location, longitude 119.615° East, latitude 18.4811° North, depth = 10.34 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.34 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:38:53 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 101 km W of Davila, Philippines.
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