A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Basco in Philippines on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us7000c71l. Event ids that are associated: us7000c71l. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 152.22 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 122.072° East, 20.8939° North, depth 152.22 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:47:39 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/10/20 / 2020-10-22 19:47:39 / October 22, 2020 @ 7:47 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Close 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km NNE of Basco, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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