A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:28:30 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 126.5711° East, 9.9367° North. Unique identifier: us2000jfd4. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jfd4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/02/19 / 2019-02-08 15:28:30 / February 8, 2019 @ 3:28 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cantilan, Socorro, Dapa. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km ENE of General Luna, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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