A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Arteche in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/11/19 / 2019-11-06 23:05:07 / November 6, 2019 @ 11:05 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:05:07 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.5046 East, latitude 12.4044 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event id: us60006bin. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006bin.
Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Catarman, Borongan, Mondragon. Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Oras (c. 9 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 18 km NE of Arteche, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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