A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Cabittaogan in Philippines on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 17:38:13 / December 18, 2024 @ 5:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:38:13 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 119.4867 East, latitude 17.6053 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000phhq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000phhq.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Vigan (c. 48 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Bantay (c. 10 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bantay, Vigan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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 Cabittaogan, Philippines.
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