A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines on Saturday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:15:57 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/19 / 2019-07-27 00:15:57 / July 27, 2019 @ 12:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.9684 East, latitude 20.7621 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004znl. Id of event: us60004znl.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km ESE of Itbayat, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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