A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 06:06:22 / January 28, 2019 @ 6:06 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 90.55 km (56 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.3672 East, latitude 9.844 North, depth = 90.55 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j9ly. Id of event: us2000j9ly. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:06:22 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mainit, Kitcharao, Alegria. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 23 km ENE of General Luna, Philippines.
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