A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/20 / 2020-10-13 04:35:59 / October 13, 2020 @ 4:35 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.08 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c7xm. Id of event: us6000c7xm. The temblor was detected at 04:35:59 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 41.08 km, 121.2827° East, 19.904° North.
Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 93 km SW of Basco, Philippines.
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