A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Sabtang in Philippines. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 10:35:21 / July 18, 2018 @ 10:35 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.329 East, latitude 20.2627 North, depth = 23.57 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.57 km (15 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000g7vm. Unique identifier: us2000g7vm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:35:21 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).
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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 57 km W of Sabtang, Philippines.
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