A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Namuac in Philippines. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hhku. Unique identifier: us2000hhku. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:14:00 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.1678 East, latitude 19.1661 North, depth = 34.95 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.95 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/18 / 2018-09-12 10:14:00 / September 12, 2018 @ 10:14 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ballesteros, Cabaritan East, Claveria. Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 61 km N of Namuac, Philippines.
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