A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Vintar in Philippines. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:00:15 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 43.41 km (27 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003c3r. Id of event: us70003c3r. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 19:00:15 / April 25, 2019 @ 7:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.7041 East, latitude 18.257 North, depth = 43.41 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lasam, Piat, Ballesteros (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Laoag (c. 102 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Batac City (c. 53 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from San Nicolas (c. 34 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Bacarra (c. 9 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 6 km ENE of Vintar, Philippines.
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