A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. The epicenter was at a depth of 67.91 km (42 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.644 East, latitude 20.7319 North, depth = 67.91 km. The temblor was detected at 05:37:54 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 21:37:54 / July 30, 2018 @ 9:37 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000ghuc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ghuc.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km WSW of Itbayat, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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