A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Basco in Philippines. Global time and date of event 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 21:28:24 / September 5, 2024 @ 9:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:28:24 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.9841 East, latitude 20.3457 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: usa000p6bf. Id of event: usa000p6bf.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km S of Basco, Philippines.
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