A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:07:09 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60008b4p. Event ids that are associated: us60008b4p. Exact location, longitude 122.3568° East, latitude 20.853° North, depth = 18.94 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.94 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/03/20 / 2020-03-02 14:07:09 / March 2, 2020 @ 2:07 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 54 km E of Itbayat, Philippines.
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