A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 92 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines (57 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85.57 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:00:59 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 126.5147° East, latitude 5.5993° North, depth = 85.57 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/20 / 2020-04-20 15:00:59 / April 20, 2020 @ 3:00 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60009bl2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009bl2.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 92 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines.
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