A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Claveria in Philippines. The temblor was picked up at 09:09:47 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000ge2d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ge2d. Exact location, longitude 121.0972° East, latitude 19.1125° North, depth = 33.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 01:09:47 / July 26, 2018 @ 1:09 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.9 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ballesteros, Cabaritan East, Claveria (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km N of Claveria, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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