A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ji5s. Unique identifier: us2000ji5s. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/02/19 / 2019-02-14 21:24:27 / February 14, 2019 @ 9:24 pm. The temblor was reported at 05:24:27 / 5:24 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 92.31 km (57 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 126.3681° East, latitude 9.7541° North, depth = 92.31 km.
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aras-asan, Mainit, Surigao.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 23 km E of General Luna, Philippines.
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