A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 01:45:10 / July 24, 2016 @ 1:45 am. Event id: us20006h62. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006h62. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.05 km (7 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:45:10 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.36° East, latitude 20.7229° North, depth = 12.05 km.
The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco. Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 50 km W of Itbayat, Philippines.
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