A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 100 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines (62 miles) on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 127.2106° East, latitude 8.9848° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 19:58:09 / January 2, 2020 @ 7:58 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000713z. Unique identifier: us7000713z. The temblor was reported at 03:58:09 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 100 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines.
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