A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Lope de Vega in Philippines on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/24 / 2024-07-06 16:01:05 / July 6, 2024 @ 4:01 pm. Unique identifier: us7000mxg8. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mxg8. The temblor was picked up at 16:01:05 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.105 km (48 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 124.6103 East, latitude 12.3087 North, depth = 77.105 km.
Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Sorsogon (c. 82 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Catbalogan (c. 68 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Calbayog City (c. 67 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Bulan (c. 28 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Irosin (c. 20 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bacon, Babatngon, Balete. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 1 km NW of Lope de Vega, Philippines.
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