A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 129 km ESE of Casambalangan, Philippines (80 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 123.2775° East, 17.9668° North. The temblor was detected at 20:22:21 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 12:22:21 / January 17, 2019 @ 12:22 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j519. Id of event: us2000j519.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 129 km ESE of Casambalangan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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