A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from General Luna in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us70003hiu. Event ids that are associated: us70003hiu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.5611 East, latitude 9.8928 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 13:31:04 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/19 / 2019-04-26 05:31:04 / April 26, 2019 @ 5:31 am.
Epicenter of the event was 99 km (61 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Socorro (c. 9 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cantilan (c. 9 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Dapa (c. 8 800 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Claver (c. 5 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tandag, Claver, Cantilan.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 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: 45 km ENE of General Luna, Philippines.
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