A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 13:30:32 / January 23, 2019 @ 1:30 pm. The temblor was detected at 21:30:32 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j7ts. Event ids that are associated: us2000j7ts. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 126.5479° East, 9.7973° North, depth 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tago, Claver, Tandag (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 42 km E of General Luna, Philippines.
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