A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Santa Monica in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 46.82 km, 126.1264° East, 10.4399° North. Unique identifier: us1000h3w2. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3w2. The temblor was detected at 07:34:24 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/09/18 / 2018-09-24 23:34:24 / September 24, 2018 @ 11:34 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.82 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Socorro, Guiuan, Dapa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Guiuan (c. 11 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Loreto (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 47 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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