A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Barcelona in Philippines on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 22:34:34 / August 2, 2024 @ 10:34 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude 126.5697° East, latitude 8.1649° North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:34:34 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000n8ns. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8ns.
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 San Luis, San Mariano, Andop. The epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Bislig (c. 67 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Monkayo (c. 51 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Compostela (c. 42 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bah-Bah (c. 28 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Mariano (c. 18 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Francisco (c. 18 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Veruela (c. 18 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km E of Barcelona, Philippines.
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