A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:37:58 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.9809° East, latitude 20.8106° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us60004w8x. Ids that are associated to the event: us60004w8x. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/19 / 2019-07-26 23:37:58 / July 26, 2019 @ 11:37 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 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: 14 km E of Itbayat, Philippines.
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