A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from General Luna in Philippines on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 126.6413 East, latitude 9.8422 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003hjy. Id of event: us70003hjy. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/04/19 / 2019-04-26 23:10:09 / April 26, 2019 @ 11:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:10:09 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cantilan, Socorro, Dapa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km E of General Luna, Philippines.
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