A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Cabittaogan in Philippines. Event id: us7000p0ia. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0ia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:53:40 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.5231 East, latitude 17.513 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 23:53:40 / December 20, 2024 @ 11:53 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bantay, Vigan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km W of Cabittaogan, Philippines. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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