A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Saturday. Event id: us6000abcc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000abcc. Exact location of event, longitude 121.4085 East, latitude 20.0177 North, depth = 42.47 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:25:03 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.47 km (26 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 15:25:03 / June 13, 2020 @ 3:25 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 75 km SW of Basco, Philippines.
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