A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Cabittaogan in Philippines. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 19:04:34 / December 18, 2024 @ 7:04 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.301 km (21 miles). Exact location, longitude 119.4714° East, latitude 17.5679° North, depth = 34.301 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzvi. Unique identifier: us7000nzvi. The temblor was picked up at 19:04:34 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bantay, Vigan. Country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km W of Cabittaogan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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