A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8e3. Id of event: us7000n8e3. Global time and date of event 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 03:28:23 / August 21, 2024 @ 3:28 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:28:23 / 3:28 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 127.1746° East, 8.0777° North, depth 35 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bislig, Baganga, Cateel (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Baganga (c. 10 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Taytayan (c. 6 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cateel (c. 6 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lingig (c. 6 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kinablangan (c. 5 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 80 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines.
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