A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Santa Maria in Philippines. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8su. Id of event: us7000n8su. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:30:09 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 07:30:09 / August 4, 2024 @ 7:30 am. Exact location, longitude 126.6599° East, latitude 8.069° North, depth = 80.601 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80.601 km (50 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manat, Nabunturan, Loreto (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nabunturan (c. 16 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Trento (c. 15 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 25 km ENE of Santa Maria, Philippines.
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