A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 127.152 East, latitude 7.8472 North, depth = 50 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mvsi. Unique identifier: us6000mvsi. Global time and date of event 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 01:59:25 / April 24, 2024 @ 1:59 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:59:25 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lingig, Cateel, Taytayan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 68 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines.
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