A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 127.2761 East, latitude 8.2069 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000b66n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b66n. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:56:18 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/20 / 2020-07-24 03:56:18 / July 24, 2020 @ 3:56 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lingig. Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop).
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. 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 92 km E of Barcelona, Philippines.
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