A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jneq. Id of event: us2000jneq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.3336 East, latitude 9.6926 North, depth = 84.75 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:47:40 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/02/19 / 2019-02-08 17:47:40 / February 8, 2019 @ 5:47 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.75 km (53 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Luna (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Surigao, Luna, Mainit (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km ESE of General Luna, Philippines.
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