A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Kinablangan in Philippines. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:32:43 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 127.2141° East, 8.0689° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 15:32:43 / August 19, 2024 @ 3:32 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000n7xg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7xg.
Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hinatuan, Bislig, Baganga. Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 84 km ENE of Kinablangan, Philippines.
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