A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/15 / 2015-12-31 00:53:13 / December 31, 2015 @ 12:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004air. Unique identifier: us10004air. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:53:13 / 8:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 122.49 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 121.7869° East, latitude 21.2737° North, depth = 122.49 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 54 km N of Itbayat, Philippines.
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