A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 86.673 km, 126.614° East, 7.9811° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 01:17:11 / August 3, 2024 @ 1:17 am. Unique identifier: us7000n8ma. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8ma. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:17:11 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.673 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lianga, Loreto, San Mariano. Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Manay (c. 20 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 18 km E of Santa Maria, Philippines.
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