A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Claveria in Philippines. Exact location of event, longitude 121.0736 East, latitude 19.1384 North, depth = 8.093 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.093 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/24 / 2024-05-03 15:39:58 / May 3, 2024 @ 3:39 pm. The temblor was detected at 15:39:58 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000mw1d. Event ids that are associated: us6000mw1d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Claveria (c. 10 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Cabaritan East (c. 9 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ballesteros (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ballesteros, Cabaritan East, Claveria. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km N of Claveria, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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