A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.9289° East, latitude 20.5109° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000kc2x. Unique identifier: us2000kc2x. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:59:48 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/04/19 / 2019-04-08 02:59:48 / April 8, 2019 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NNW of Basco, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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