A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Manay in Philippines on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/02/19 / 2019-02-19 18:14:56 / February 19, 2019 @ 6:14 pm. Event id: us1000j8uz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000j8uz. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5505 East, latitude 7.1562 North, depth = 84.83 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:14:56 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.83 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Tagum (c. 233 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mati (c. 105 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Lupon (c. 27 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from New Corella (c. 20 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was New Corella, Monkayo, Corocotan. Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km S of Manay, Philippines.
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