A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 96 km SSW of Maitum, Philippines (60 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 491.55 km (305 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 23:18:17 / January 8, 2019 @ 11:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000j1jy. Event ids that are associated: us2000j1jy. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.1467 East, latitude 5.2454 North, depth = 491.55 km. The temblor was detected at 07:18:17 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 96 km SSW of Maitum, Philippines.
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