A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Cortes in Philippines on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 126.4596° East, 9.504° North, depth 70.9 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 04:00:00 / April 28, 2019 @ 4:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:00:00 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70003d9b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003d9b. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 70.9 km (44 miles).
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 Mainit, Kitcharao, Alegria. Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Placer (c. 10 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Kitcharao (c. 7 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Tago (c. 6 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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