A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 00:38:37 / February 7, 2019 @ 12:38 am. Exact location, longitude 126.4991° East, latitude 9.7927° North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 08:38:37 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000jejy. Event ids that are associated: us2000jejy. 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 Bacuag, Tago, Claver (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bacuag (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 37 km E of General Luna, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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