A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Sabtang in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.2444 East, latitude 19.9621 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:59:36 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us10007u69. Event ids that are associated: us10007u69. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/01/17 / 2017-01-19 19:59:36 / January 19, 2017 @ 7:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 77 km WSW of Sabtang, Philippines.
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