A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from San Vicente in Philippines on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 12:11:08 / May 31, 2024 @ 12:11 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mp7r. Unique identifier: us7000mp7r. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.0774 East, latitude 19.3164 North, depth = 17.788 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.788 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:11:08 / 12:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Ana (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 6 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km N of San Vicente, Philippines.
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