A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Basay in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 19/05/24 / 2024-05-19 00:25:43 / May 19, 2024 @ 12:25 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:25:43 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0r3. Unique identifier: us6000n0r3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.1066 East, latitude 8.8405 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Asia, Colipapa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Asia (c. 23 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Colipapa (c. 7 700 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km SW of Basay, Philippines.
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