A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 126.268° East, 9.8042° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jni2. Id of event: us2000jni2. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:54:34 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 14:54:34 / February 10, 2019 @ 2:54 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tago, Mainit, Kitcharao (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 12 km E of General Luna, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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