A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 116 km SE of Tarragona, Philippines (72 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:10:24 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 127.3169 East, latitude 6.4604 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a1ug. Id of event: us6000a1ug. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/05/20 / 2020-05-23 05:10:24 / May 23, 2020 @ 5:10 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 116 km SE of Tarragona, Philippines.
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