A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Kalang in Philippines. Exact location of event, longitude 121.624 East, latitude 5.6508 North, depth = 49.59 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.59 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000j6kw. Event ids that are associated: us2000j6kw. Global time and date of event 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 07:48:00 / January 20, 2019 @ 7:48 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:48:00 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Siasi, Lugus, Parang. Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Jolo (c. 101 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kansipati (c. 14 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Siasi (c. 12 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Anuling (c. 10 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Parang (c. 9 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Lu-uk (c. 9 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Laminusa (c. 8 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SE of Kalang, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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