A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 19:42:22 / August 19, 2024 @ 7:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:42:22 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000n802. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n802. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.443 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 12.443 km, 127.0394° East, 8.1437° North.
Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hinatuan (c. 10 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Baganga, Hinatuan, Bislig (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km E of Barcelona, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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