A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 121.8059° East, 20.8019° North. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:50:36 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us600050bv. Unique identifier: us600050bv. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/08/19 / 2019-08-03 21:50:36 / August 3, 2019 @ 9:50 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco. Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 eleven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 4 km WNW of Itbayat, Philippines.
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