A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Puro Pinget in Philippines. 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: us7000nzza. Id of event: us7000nzza. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 119.4894° East, 17.6363° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:42:24 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 06:42:24 / December 19, 2024 @ 6:42 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabugao, Bantay, Vigan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Cabugao (c. 6 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 92 km W of Puro Pinget, Philippines.
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