A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 85 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (53 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000j292. Event ids that are associated: us2000j292. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 22:38:06 / January 9, 2019 @ 10:38 pm. The temblor was detected at 06:38:06 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 75.16 km, 126.5845° East, 5.7043° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.16 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 85 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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