A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Sangay in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/11/18 / 2018-11-12 14:49:14 / November 12, 2018 @ 2:49 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 123.7619 East, latitude 6.2546 North, depth = 25.22 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.22 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:49:14 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hqu5. Id of event: us1000hqu5.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maganoy, Kiamba, Esperanza. The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Maganoy (c. 17 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from South Upi (c. 12 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kiamba (c. 11 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Upi (c. 9 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 37 km SW of Sangay, Philippines.
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