A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:34:27 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/08/19 / 2019-08-05 18:34:27 / August 5, 2019 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 121.9714 East, latitude 20.9525 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us600054mj. Ids that are associated to the event: us600054mj.
Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 22 km NE of Itbayat, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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