A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Lanuza in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:14:49 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 21:14:49 / May 20, 2019 @ 9:14 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 91.5 km (57 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.0695° East, latitude 9.2911° North, depth = 91.5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003t60. Id of event: us60003t60.
Close 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 Nasipit, San Francisco, Barobo. Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Butuan (c. 309 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Libertad (c. 250 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Surigao (c. 87 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bayugan (c. 40 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Cabadbaran (c. 31 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Tandag (c. 29 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km N of Lanuza, Philippines.
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