A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Uyugan in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/19 / 2019-08-09 23:18:53 / August 9, 2019 @ 11:18 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.21 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. 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: us6000560e. Id of event: us6000560e. The temblor was reported at 07:18:53 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 60.21 km, 121.9393° East, 20.3547° North.
Event epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 0 km NNE of Uyugan, Philippines.
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