A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Caburan in Philippines on Sunday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:32:34 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). 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: us60005luq. Id of event: us60005luq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/19 / 2019-09-21 21:32:34 / September 21, 2019 @ 9:32 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.39 km (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 126.4293° East, 5.4315° North, depth 63.39 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Caburan (c. 12 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caburan (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 102 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines.
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