A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from San Isidro in Philippines on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/18 / 2018-09-24 15:44:05 / September 24, 2018 @ 3:44 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000h3vr. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3vr. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.03 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 24.03 km, 126.2304° East, 10.3327° North. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:44:05 / 11:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guiuan, Socorro, Loreto (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 38 km NNE of San Isidro, Philippines.
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