A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Sabtang in Philippines on Friday. Event id: us700034rw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700034rw. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:46:36 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.4608° East, 19.9645° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 03:46:36 / April 12, 2019 @ 3:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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