A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Caburan in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.349° East, latitude 5.5574° North, depth = 55.54 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iztz. Unique identifier: us2000iztz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.54 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:36:01 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 13:36:01 / January 2, 2019 @ 1:36 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caburan. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-eight 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. 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: 87 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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