A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 126.4022° East, 9.9615° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/19 / 2019-02-08 21:48:22 / February 8, 2019 @ 9:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:48:22 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jfhq. Id of event: us2000jfhq.
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Placer, Bacuag, Claver. Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bacuag (c. 5 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km NE of General Luna, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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