A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 05:34:32 / April 28, 2019 @ 5:34 am. Id of earthquake: us70003dab. Event ids that are associated: us70003dab. Exact location of event, depth 23.17 km, 126.6055° East, 9.8162° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.17 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:34:32 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Claver, Tago, Tandag.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 49 km E of General Luna, Philippines.
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