A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, 126.4881° East, 9.9896° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000itmh. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000itmh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 19:33:52 / December 10, 2018 @ 7:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:33:52 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Claver, Cantilan, Socorro (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km ENE of General Luna, Philippines.
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