A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Sabtang in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/04/19 / 2019-04-08 19:38:37 / April 8, 2019 @ 7:38 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000kchk. Unique identifier: us2000kchk. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:38:37 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.58 km (21 miles). Exact location, longitude 121.3942° East, latitude 20.5027° North, depth = 33.58 km.
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 53 km WNW of Sabtang, Philippines.
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