A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Sangay in Philippines. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:20:54 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 123.7735° East, 6.2919° North, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/18 / 2018-12-19 17:20:54 / December 19, 2018 @ 5:20 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j0au. Id of event: us2000j0au.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Upi, Laguilayan, Maitum (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Laguilayan (c. 17 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kalamansig (c. 12 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from South Upi (c. 12 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Upi (c. 9 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Maitum (c. 8 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bantogon (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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