A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Claveria in Philippines. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/16 / 2016-11-19 09:25:09 / November 19, 2016 @ 9:25 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.73 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:25:09 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35.73 km, 121.0611° East, 19.1162° North. Id of earthquake: us10007agt. Event ids that are associated: us10007agt.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pasuquin, Ballesteros, Cabaritan East (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Pasuquin (c. 5 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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