A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 126.6551° East, 9.7073° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 10:53:36 / January 23, 2019 @ 10:53 am. Event id: us2000j7rj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7rj. The temblor was detected at 18:53:36 / 6:53 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 Aras-asan, Tago, Tandag. Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Aras-asan (c. 5 100 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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km E of General Luna, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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