A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bialong in Philippines. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/19 / 2019-10-29 15:13:12 / October 29, 2019 @ 3:13 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:13:12 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.9278 East, latitude 6.9468 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600064ff. Id of event: us600064ff.
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Budta (c. 1 273 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Davao (c. 1 212 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Malingao (c. 1 122 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from General Santos (c. 679 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Cotabato (c. 179 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Koronadal (c. 125 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Digos (c. 116 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bayanga, Carmen, General Santos. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SE of Bialong, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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