A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.057 East, latitude 20.8032 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60004wbv. Event ids that are associated: us60004wbv. The temblor was reported at 11:19:42 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 03:19:42 / July 27, 2019 @ 3:19 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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: 22 km E of Itbayat, Philippines.
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