A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Bangad in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7q2. Id of event: us2000j7q2. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.36 km (39 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 13:05:59 / January 5, 2019 @ 1:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 63.36 km, 123.4567° East, 12.0794° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:05:59 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Donsol, Irosin, President Roxas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Masbate (c. 47 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Irosin (c. 20 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Estancia (c. 11 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pilar (c. 10 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cataingan (c. 7 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 10 km SSE of Bangad, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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