A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. Exact location, longitude 121.9688° East, latitude 20.7966° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004znq. Id of event: us60004znq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:08:13 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 03:08:13 / July 27, 2019 @ 3:08 am.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km E of Itbayat, Philippines.
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