A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. Unique identifier: us70003cry. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003cry. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:22:46 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/19 / 2019-04-26 21:22:46 / April 26, 2019 @ 9:22 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 126.7346 East, latitude 9.8958 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Socorro, Dapa. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km E of General Luna, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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