A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003hc1. Unique identifier: us70003hc1. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 126.564° East, 9.8672° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:16:48 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/19 / 2019-05-06 12:16:48 / May 6, 2019 @ 12:16 pm.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tandag, Cantilan, Socorro (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km ENE of General Luna, Philippines.
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