A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h7tk. Unique identifier: us1000h7tk. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.7961 East, latitude 20.8843 North, depth = 136.97 km. The temblor was reported at 03:10:46 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 136.97 km (85 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/10/18 / 2018-10-05 19:10:46 / October 5, 2018 @ 7:10 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco. Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 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 three and in the last 365 days nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NNW of Itbayat, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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