A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Arteche in Philippines on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.312 km (19 miles). Event id: us7000mu87. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mu87. The temblor was reported at 05:04:35 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). 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: 24/06/24 / 2024-06-24 05:04:35 / June 24, 2024 @ 5:04 am. Exact location, longitude 125.46° East, latitude 12.3058° North, depth = 30.312 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Policarpio, Llorente, Calbayog City (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Borongan (c. 16 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Dolores (c. 9 300 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 7 km NE of Arteche, Philippines.
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