A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Pondaguitan in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/01/19 / 2019-01-27 16:19:06 / January 27, 2019 @ 4:19 pm. The temblor was picked up at 00:19:06 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000jhap. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jhap. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5905 East, latitude 6.1606 North, depth = 88.91 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88.91 km (55 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Batobato (c. 9 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sigaboy (c. 8 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tibanbang (c. 7 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from La Union (c. 5 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mati, Batobato, La Union.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-three 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 quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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